If your TikTok feed is currently full of people claiming they’ve got the ‘chicken ick’, a psychologist says they might actually be on to something.
You might have seen social media videos with the caption: “Just a girl that gets the chicken ick/paranoia every single time.”
Or another: “Me trying to eat my chicken as fast as possible before my brain realises it and I get the chicken ick.”
Yep, a new phobia has been unlocked, that midway through a delicious bite of chicken, you might realise the food is actually disgusting.
One TikToker asked whether it was a ‘universal experience’ to worry that a ‘bad piece of chicken might ruin it for you for a month’, and the answer is that whilst it’s not universal, it is far more widespread than you’d think.
In fact, science has even explained why it’s primarily women who are getting the ‘chicken ick’ rather than men.
This new trend is putting the ick in chicken
Dr Lorenzo Stafford, associate professor in psychobiological psychology at the University of Portsmouth, has been investigating how our senses link to our general behaviour.
Writing in The Conversation, Dr Stafford revealed the psychological basis for this, saying it relates to how our body deals with our disgust response.
These can be broken down into a few reasons as to why chicken and certain other foods can switch on the turn of a dime.
The first he stated was about presentation.
This might be that the chicken ‘tasted, smelled or looked different’ to how you’re used to.
Due to the mismatch from what your brain expects to what you actually get, your feelings can suddenly shift on it.
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