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Italy Vacation Planning and Paige's Eating Anxiety
At 55:04 · chapter starts 51:40
Paige has a confession for the Italy trip: when there's a group dinner reservation and everyone is expected to eat at a set time, her appetite evaporates. She'll sit at dinner, eat nothing, go back to her room, and order room service. [1] — Paige DeSorbo "Paige has a psychosomatic thing: the moment a dinner reservation is made and she's expected to eat, her appetite vanishes. She's going to I…" 51:38 The problem compounds in Italy, where uneaten food is treated as an affront. Hannah's diagnosis: don't make a big deal about it. 'Act like you're about to pet a cat,' she advises. Paige has already instructed her mom to leave some unscheduled evenings. She's also going in with a new rule: eat when she wants, not when she's told. Hannah warns that mentally rehearsing eating will only make it worse, and both agree that vacation meal scheduling is a military operation.
Hannah has been walking around unable to smile for weeks. Her revelation: nobody noticed. Not one person. Everyone is too consumed by their own anxieties to register yours — and that's weirdly the most comforting thing.
