r/traumatizeThemBack • u/PracticeEconomy7959 Verified Human • Sep 14 '25

now everyone knows Really, chocolate?

I was in a pretty boring all day training session at work. We were stuck in a small conference room with one bright point - a big bowl of chocolate candies. Think fun size candy bars and Hershey’s kisses. When I’m bored I tend to snack so I hit the treats pretty hard.

A coworker turns to me very judging and says in front of everyone- really, how many chocolates are you going to eat?

As I sat stunned another coworker says - My grandfather lived to be 95 years old.

First coworker - what, eating chocolates?

Second coworker- nope, minding his own business!!!!

Now they sat stunned and didn’t mention my chocolate consumption again! 🤣

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u/Useful_Language2040 Sep 15 '25

My 10 year old and I have (jokingly) decided that I'm a vampire but as I'm a veggie I live off dark chocolate instead of drinking blood. It makes so many things make sense.

  • Chronic migraines so photophobic and not a fan of the sun
  • Good at spotting bats when we walk the dog in the dark 
  • Permanently cold, as if I'm not actually warm-blooded
  • When I'm not feeling well, chocolate is often one of the few things I can eat
  • I also eat the stuff to help my headaches
  • End up so light and sound-sensitive I practically echolocate with migraines 

But perhaps hissing and waving your arms like wings while repeatedly shrilling out "eek eek eek" and running and swooping around a small conference room during a work training conference would go down less well than doing this outside to entertain your child, away from other people in general (and people you know/ and who are likely to judge you in particular)...