History Main / TooUnhappyToBeHungry

** In [[Recap/FraggleRockS4E21GoneButNotForgotten "Gone but Not Forgotten"]], Wembley, while on his first solo overnight hike, gets caught in a rockslide. He's rescued by a Mudbunny called Mudwell, the two enjoy themselves--and then, suddenly, Mudwell gets hostile and kicks Wembley out. Wembley's friends ask him what happened, but he doesn't want to talk about it. Boober tries to persuade him to eat, but Wembley says he isn't hungry. Finally he tells his friends what happened and, on Gobo's advice, goes back to Mudwell and demands an explanation. It turns out that Mudwell was dying and [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim wanted to spare Wembley the burden of his passing.]] Seeing Mudwell lie down and die, right in front of him, does nothing to improve Wembley's appetite, to say the least.

** In [[Recap/FraggleRockS4E21GoneButNotForgotten "Gone but Not Forgotten"]], Wembley, while on his first solo overnight hike, gets caught in a rockslide. He's rescued by a Mudbunny called Mudwell, the two enjoy themselves--and then, suddenly, Mudwell gets hostile and kicks Wembley out. Wembley's friends ask him what happened, but he doesn't want to talk about it. Boober tries to persuade him to eat, but Wembley says he isn't hungry. On Gobo's advice, he goes back to Mudwell and demands an explanation. It turns out that Mudwell was dying and [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim wanted to spare Wembley the burden of his passing.]] Seeing Mudwell lie down and die, right in front of him, does nothing to improve Wembley's appetite, to say the least.

** In [[Recap/FraggleRockS4E21GoneButNotForgotten "Gone but Not Forgotten"]], Wembley, while on his first solo overnight hike, gets caught in a rockslide. He's rescued by a Mudbunny called Mudwell, the two enjoy themselves--and then, suddenly, Mudwell gets hostile and kicks Wembley out. Wembley's friends ask him what happened, but he doesn't want to talk about it. Boober tries to persuade him to eat, but Wembley says he isn't hungry. On Gobo's advice, he goes back to Mudwell and demands an explanation. It turns out that Mudwell was dying and wanted to spare Wembley the burden of his passing. Seeing Mudwell lie down and die, right in front of him, does nothing to improve Wembley's appetite.

* Many people with anxiety report some degree of loss of appetite. The physiological reason for this is due to cortisol, which is produced when the mind is in an anxious state, and excess cortisol in the body can cause loss of appetite or even problems with going to the bathoom. People with social anxiety might feel self-conscious about being seen eating in public as well.

* Many people with anxiety report some degree of loss of appetite. The physiological reason for this is due to cortisol, which is produced when the mind is in an anxious state, and excess cortisol in the body can cause loss of appetite or even problems with going to the bathoom. People with social anxiety mightfeel self-conscious about being seen eating in public as well.

* Many people with anxiety report some degree of loss of appetite. People with social anxiety might feel self-conscious about being seen eating in public as well.

* ''Anime/DragonBall'': One of the things Goku is most known for is being a BigEater, especially during his childhood. So in the anime version, when he refused to eat anything, the others were [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness immediately and extremely concerned]]. He had felt like something was ''very'' wrong, and these feelings weren't unfounded -- shortly after, it was discovered that [[spoiler:his best friend Krillin had been murdered by Tambourine, a minion of the newly-freed [[BigBad King Piccolo]]]].

** In [[Recap/FraggleRockS4E21GoneButNotForgotten "Gone but Not Forgotten"]], Wembley, while on his first solo overnight hike, gets caught in a rockslide. He's rescued by a Mudbunny called Mudwell, the two enjoy themselves--and then, suddenly, Mudwell gets hostile and kicks Wembley out. Wembley's friends ask him what happened, but he doesn't want to talk about it. Boober tries to persuade him to eat, but Wembley says he isn't hungry. On Gobo's advice, he goes back to Mudwell and demands an explanation. It turns out that Mudwell was dying and wanted to spare Wembley the burden of his passing. This does nothing to improve Wembley's appetite.

'''Phoebe:''' Oh Joey, I'm so sorry. You want some of my breakfast?\\

* In the ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' book "Asterix the Legionary", Obelix [[DownplayedTrope eats two boars instead of his normal three]] because he has a crush on a woman. Asterix is immediately worried.

* In a 1960s ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' arc, after Lucy buried Linus' blanket, he lamented that all the food tasted too sour to eat.

** In the episode "The Crying Dame", Lily is very sad because she misses her favourite toy, so when her big sister Leni tries to feed her, she just pushes the food away.

Opening up will usually lead to the other person giving them a pep talk (which might also happen if they lie and the person doesn't believe it, prompting a line such as "Come on-- I know something's bothering you. Spill."), and/or the person whose appetite was gone going on a long, angry rant. The emotional non-eater might also be mistaken for being unwell by a character who thinks AppetiteEqualsHealth. Another variation is for someone to offer a sad character some ComfortFood, only for the character to turn it down.

* ''Literature/TheFaultInOurStars'': At the beginning, Hazel barely eats due to depression over her terminal cancer. Later, she also does this [[spoiler: while grieving Augustus's death.]]

** Near the end of the novel, Jean Valjean stops eating after he's separated from his adopted daughter Cosette. [[spoiler: It's ambiguous whether sheer [[DeathByDespair despair]] or starvation is what causes his death in the end.]]

* ''Fanfic/TheSpectacularSpiderManLostInGotham'': In "Crush(ed)", Duke is left heartbroken when his girlfriend, Ana, breaks up with him. He locks himself in his room after school and doesn't come out when Alfred tries to bring him down for dinner.

* ''Literature/LillysPurplePlasticPurse'': Lilly can't resist showing off her purse when she's not supposed to, and as a result, Mr. Slinger takes it away for the day. She's so upset that she can't even bring herself to eat a snack before recess.
* In ''Literature/LesMiserables'', Jean Valjean stops eating after he's separated from his adopted daughter Cosette. [[spoiler: It's ambiguous whether sheer [[DeathByDespair despair]] or starvation is what causes his death in the end.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': After the events of "[[WhamEpisode Reunion]]" and [[spoiler:losing Anne's friendship after betraying her... again]], Sasha is in a HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath. When Grime makes [[AlienLunch worm pancakes for breakfast]], Sasha says she isn't hungry [[note]]The girls had been eating bugs for months at that point, so it's not because they had worms in them[[/note]], which tips Grime off that she's depressed.

* ''Fanfic/LabRat'': After [[spoiler:his parents almost [[TheyWouldCutYouUp dissected him]] and learned his secret in the process]], Danny is so depressed and traumatized that he doesn't eat the soup Jazz made for him.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': After the events of [[WhamEpisode Reunion]] and [[spoiler:losing Anne's friendship after betraying her... again]], Sasha is in a HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath. When Grime makes [[AlienLunch worm pancakes for breakfast]], Sasha says she isn't hungry [[note]]The girls had been eating bugs for months at that point, so it's not because they had worms in them[[/note]], which tips Grime off that she's depressed.

* ''Animation/FlowerFairy'': When he sees [[spoiler:Lucio capturing a fairy for himself]], and before that when he has nightmares about that person, Kukuru becomes too worried to bother eating the sweet treats An'an and Qianhan try to give him. Normally Kukuru has enough of a SweetTooth that he would gladly eat those treats without question.

* During the ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'''s Exile arc, Tommy displayed this trait alongside a whole host of other symptoms of depression and PTSD, brought on by the isolation and Dream's abuse. Tommy would often go without eating for long periods of time, even when his health was dangerously low and he was starting to run out of sprint. He also never bothered to make a proper farm to get a reliable food source, instead relying on gifts from other people and later the soup from the mooshroom Antfrost gave him. After he escaped to Techno's house, he veered sharply into the other direction, and would start [[PostStressOvereating stress-eating golden apples]] when faced with even the smallest possible threat.