So I've been wondering this and have had problems with this for as long as I remember actually.
Does anyone here have problems with chewing food? I understood that fine motor skills are sometimes a problem on the spectrum. Google told me that it's quite common for people on the spectrum to obsess to chewing too much.
I on the other hand have had a problem with chewing food. It's worse when it's "small" stuff like corn or peas actually. I remember that as a child my mom told me "you need to chew your food more throughly or else you'll get problems with digestion.". I asked her "how many times do I need to chew a bite?". I remember she told me "about 10 times would be a start". So that to me is a guideline, but I really have to focus on chewing my food (and eventually hope my mind doesn't wander to somewhere else; and that's usually the case). But even then, it's like I have problems with chewing before my saliva takes it down my throat.
Besides chewing I do probably have an oversensitive mouth in regards to "hot" stuff. Not spicy, just food that is rather hot, as my body as a reflex will rather swallow it down. My throat and my stomach, aren't as sensitive with that temperature though (but it's kinda cooled off due to fluids the road down).
So... anyone else have anything going on as to problems with chewing?
Does anyone here have problems with chewing food? I understood that fine motor skills are sometimes a problem on the spectrum. Google told me that it's quite common for people on the spectrum to obsess to chewing too much.
I on the other hand have had a problem with chewing food. It's worse when it's "small" stuff like corn or peas actually. I remember that as a child my mom told me "you need to chew your food more throughly or else you'll get problems with digestion.". I asked her "how many times do I need to chew a bite?". I remember she told me "about 10 times would be a start". So that to me is a guideline, but I really have to focus on chewing my food (and eventually hope my mind doesn't wander to somewhere else; and that's usually the case). But even then, it's like I have problems with chewing before my saliva takes it down my throat.
Besides chewing I do probably have an oversensitive mouth in regards to "hot" stuff. Not spicy, just food that is rather hot, as my body as a reflex will rather swallow it down. My throat and my stomach, aren't as sensitive with that temperature though (but it's kinda cooled off due to fluids the road down).
So... anyone else have anything going on as to problems with chewing?