Food Fights: Stories about trouble eating

The Story Collider

Story Collider, Inc.

Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Performing Arts, Arts, Science

4.4 • 818 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, both of our storytellers grapple with what they can and can’t eat. Part 1: Danielle Meinert struggles to eat anything other than cheese pizza, Easy Mac and toast with butter. Part 2: Ellis Ballard has life-threatening food allergies, which makes eating, drinking and living life challenging. Danielle Meinert is a writer and recovery advocate for Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID). She lives with her husband and adopted mini poodles in Atlanta, Georgia. She loves food. Ellis Ballard is a creative producer, editor, director and prolific maker of creative projects. They produce the True Story London Podcast which features stories from London's vibrant live storytelling community and in-depth interviews with the storytellers. Ellis also co-facilitates True Story London's DRAFT storytelling workshops, and works with performers to direct and craft live comedy and theatre projects. Ellis's new podcast 'The Secret Podcast' is an outlet for some more unconventional audio creations that have willed their way into existence despite considerable efforts to suppress them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	A science story, huh?
0:04.0	Is NYU scientist the...
0:06.0	It felt...
0:07.0	It was so...
0:09.0	And I just thought, well...
0:10.0	It was that golden moment.
0:12.0	Because science was on my side.
0:15.0	Hey, everyone. Hey everyone, welcome to The Story Clutter,
0:26.0	where true personal stories about science help us to discover how weird and wonderful it is to exist in this world and be a human.
0:32.4	I'm your host, Misha Gayevsky, and today's episode is all about struggles with finding something to eat.
0:37.7	Our first storyteller, Danielle Minart, is a writer and recovery advocate for avoidant,
0:42.6	restrictive food intake disorder, also known as Arfid, which, if you're anything like me,
0:48.1	you had never heard of Arfid before, but Danielle's story gives you such a powerful look at
0:52.4	what living with the disorder is like.
0:59.8	And the story will have you cheering for her as she goes on this wild journey to try and overcome it.
1:05.0	I was completely blown away by the story, and I just know you're going to love Danielle and the story as much as I did.
1:23.5	Here's Danielle. I'm eight years old, standing outside between my therapist's office and a fountain, warming a penny in my hands.
1:33.3	Eyes closed. I whispered in my head so no one can hear aloud, I wish by the time I'm 30, a real grown-up, that I could eat anything.
1:40.3	Eight years prior, I was born, half deaf, and I could eat anything. My parents called me the garbage disposal because I'd grab anything I could get my
1:46.0	little grubby hands on. And by the time I was two, I got an ear surgery to address the first
1:53.3	condition I was born with. A doctor pried my mouth open, drilled a hole in the roof,
1:59.6	and drained the fluid that led to my ears.
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