It can be quite crippling - I was distressingly oh-god-snatch-your-children-away-from-the-monster thin until about the age of 15, and I have to be constantly pa

It can be quite crippling - I was distressingly oh-god-snatch-your-children-away-from-the-monster thin until about the age of 15, and I have to be constantly paying attention to catch hunger before I lose a misery-wracked evening to lying unable to move. It's not as bad as it is for the people who don't feel pain, but taking manual control of bodily functions is not something to be done lightly. (Huel/Soylent etc are an absolute godsend.)