Lifestyle with food allergyLife can become stressful for someone who has an allergy. Imagine your life avoiding an allergen that could possibly become a stressful and deadly experience when a reaction is triggered.
For most cases, having a food allergy can also lead to some psychological effects to both children and adults. |
Psychological Effect
Food allergies affect everyone at all ages and sometimes people who have experienced a severe reaction of allergy are frequently more afraid to eat and coming in contact with food. This makes it more difficult for them as they start to fear coming across food. Another psychological effect of food allergy is that the person can be put off from eating over all. It then can develop to an eating disorder which not only will affect them mentally but also physically.
Several parents feel guilty as they often have thoughts that it is their fault for giving their children the allergy. Having thoughts like this can sometimes make family members resentful and frustrated as they have to take extra precautions. This then affects them having to decrease their travelling and even social activities in order to decrease the chance of a reaction occurring.
In kids, siblings may become envious of the extra attention of the allergic child that is receiving and may experience the following emotions such anxiety, anger, depression, fear, sadness and stress. Such emotions can develop to be too overwhelming and some even "crippling".
If you have any concerns, contact your GP.
Several parents feel guilty as they often have thoughts that it is their fault for giving their children the allergy. Having thoughts like this can sometimes make family members resentful and frustrated as they have to take extra precautions. This then affects them having to decrease their travelling and even social activities in order to decrease the chance of a reaction occurring.
In kids, siblings may become envious of the extra attention of the allergic child that is receiving and may experience the following emotions such anxiety, anger, depression, fear, sadness and stress. Such emotions can develop to be too overwhelming and some even "crippling".
If you have any concerns, contact your GP.