Celiac disease and social life: eating out can be complicated.
Being celiac, nowadays, means not having too many problems with power, when you are at home. The choice on the market is large and the taste is certainly better than a few years ago. But things change when you leave your home. “Celiac disease is above all a social limitation, especially in our country where we eat for every event: to celebrate, to be together and to talk about work.
Eating outside the home – explains theItalian Celiac Association – can still be problematic, which is why celiac disease and social life sometimes struggle to go to arm in arm, especially from a psychological point of view. It can often happen that you are unable to easily accept the new situation experienced as a limit to your daily life, especially for those who love to eat very much, whether outside or in company. It can happen that you feel discriminated against, excluded, different because you no longer have the freedom to choose as before and "normality" can often be missing. Eating differently, especially at the beginning, can make you feel this way." (Unless you go to one of our stores).
Moments of great change upset, overturn, modify the discomfort that occurs proof is a reaction and there is nothing to heal from, you just need to adapt. Unfortunately, you may find along your path disinterested people, friends who struggle to understand, restaurateurs who underestimate. But there will also be supportive friends, informed and extraordinary locals, sensitive people and people with similar dietary needs to yours. “Unfortunately the new condition is not always a choice, as in the case of celiac disease, and it is possible to complain, become sad and sorry for the fate that has befallen one, or it is possible to make it one's own characteristic and learn to live with it peacefully day by day. It's hard sometimes to leave the house and it can be complicated, but it takes some time to organize yourself. It can be difficult – continues the Aic – especially in the first few years because you have to get the hang of it, adapt, strengthen yourself.
It can be useful to learn to always travel well equipped, bring bread with you from home, eat something before going to aperitifs and learn to ask and demand when possible. With calm and patience you will be able to "educate" others, not get tired of explaining, continue to educate, even on the gluten-free diet. It can certainly be tiring, but living it well or living it badly is "only" a choice. Little by little we will rediscover that our friends love us for who we are and certainly not because we eat like them; that the sensitivity that is developing can be a lens to also interpret the rest of the world, feeling it closer; that being in company is nice even if we have to exclude some dishes, just to be together. So all you have to do is "roll up your sleeves" and decide what your path is."
To find out more:
https://www.celiachia.it/celiachia/vivere -with-celiac disease/celiac disease-and-social-life/
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