Food Memories & Food Fears A few weeks ago, I was talking with my therapist about something oddly specific that has followed me for most of my life. Whenever I eat tomato sauce late at night, I tend to have vivid nightmares. I told her this had been happening for as long as I could remember, and instead of simply agreeing with me, she paused and asked a question that caught me completely off guard: “What if that’s something you’ve told yourself for so long that your body now expects it?” That...