Crisis Eating

Crisis Eating is a condition that occurs to many people of Birdencaster. The condition appears in times of civil or economic crises. In which the “sufferer” eats less while eating enough to stay alive and not allow the hunter-gather sides of ourselves to think there is a famine. This condition is feared by everyone as it means that hard times are coming.
The upside to this condition is that the sufferers will eat less to allow for more food in the markets to buy. While not everyone suffers from this, there are enough people who suffer from it, to know about the condition. The main downside to Crisis Eating is that some sufferers of the condition will not know when to stop Crisis Eating. They will continue to eat sparsely even if the civil or economic conditions have returned to normal.

History

Towards the end of The Old World, this condition became apparent in the yearly disasters. These disasters ran from 2017 to well into the 2030s. While they were not famine related, they were civil in nature, such as the Cold Civil War in 2018 that swept across the United Kingdom. Those who were aware of the Cold Civil War also succumbed to the condition to eat less in fear it becoming hot.
A more well-known occurrence was during the Covid Pandemic of the early 2020s. People Panicked and individuals suffering from Crisis Eating began to eat less so others around them would have enough to eat. It must be stated that even in crises, the condition only affects food and drink items and therefore the panic buying of other inedible commodities were not affected by the condition.

Interesting Points About The Condition

What is also interesting about Crisis Eating is that in some sufferers the condition affects all of the food items of their day to day consumption, while in others it only affects those items perceived to be in shortage. Which can lead to sufferers not eating much fruit and vegetables, as they perceive them to be in shortage. When in actual fact it’s something that contains a particular fruit is in. An example of this is to not eat apples that are not in shortage but eat premade apple pies, that are in shortage.
This then gives a surplus of this item. In Birdencaster fruit and vegetables are canned so this type of issue with fruit and vegetables is easily limited, it is other food items that can be affected such as bread and meat.

Type
Physiological

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