Table 2 Theme, categories and subcategories that emerged from interviews with adolescents concerning their experiences of being food-hypersensitive.
From: Adolescents' experiences of being food-hypersensitive: a qualitative study
Theme | Striving to normalise the experience of being food-hypersensitive | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Categories | Perceiving oneself as being particular | Feeling constrained | Experiencing others' ignorance | Keeping control | Feeling it's okay |
Subcategories | The body is insufficient | Deprivation | Disregard | Vigilance | Personal competence |
Psychological and emotional impact | Insecurity | Unreliability | Tests and evaluations | Considerate and supportive surroundings | |
Being a bother | Fear of severe food reactions | Lack of understanding | Making decisions | It could be worse | |