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There are definitely people who can't handle it. It makes sense in a way; pretty much everybody will lose it once they start starving, so there's definitely a line. Some people just have that line much closer. It seems like a physical tolerance, not really a psychological or character trait.
My spouse is like that and can't go more than 6 hours or so without food. I'm the opposite and can easily go more than a day without before getting cranky, but I assume that's from a lot of practice as a kid.
If only I could get my spouse to understand this better. Eating times seem to be her go to when time is tight and we need to shift things around. That really doesn't work for me.
With the way it can effect me I've been concerned I might be diabetic, but my blood work consistently shows that I'm not and not close to at risk of developing it.
It doesn't help that I've had numerous experiences over time with people saying they'd be fine to skip a meal or eat later who definitively weren't. As a response I tend to worry about that more than I probably should.
Thankfully it only comes up regularly during road trips, and we've agreed that it only takes one of us to want to stop for us to stop (and go get food, bathroom, etc).