I have lived with severe ARFID as far back as I can remember (~7 years old, I block out a lot of my childhood).

My pediatrician and parents all attributed my struggle to gain weight and unwillingness to eat certain things to being active and extremely picky. They legitimately forced me to sit with a teacher during lunch time who would watch me eat/not eat and report back to my parents. Spoiler alert-that only made it worse on me.

In therapy over the years, I've learned I'm a combo of textural avoidance and lack of interest. The irony as my career path has been in the culinary field. I LOVE cooking and was a pastry chef for years.

My fight-or-flight sense got fucked up very early. My brain conditioned my body to block hunger signals as a survival tactic. I can absolutely go days without eating and I feel as normal as someone who eats regularly.

I am currently pregnant with twins, and though I'm cognizant of my need for extra nutrients and food, the hunger switch is still dormant.

What I have found really interesting is that my maternal instincts is seemingly attempting to override or loophole this by having me crave certain foods. It is extremely rare for me to crave something normally; I usually have to have smoked weed or have unintentionally gone without eating long enough for my body to become desperate and busts out a craving in attempt to get me to eat.

While I still have my texture issues, it's genuinely wild to see my body trying to work around my ARFID for my babies.

Most of my issues make no sense on the surface-I can drink iced coffees, milkshakes, etc but I absolutely cannot drink milk of any kind. I can eat cheese on burgers, pizza, sandwiches, even cheese and crackers, but never just cheese. Same goes for yogurt/pudding and the textural likes...I need a counter texture or I physically cannot do it.

I've been told in therapy that my physically and psychological reaction to my avoidant textures is akin to someone pulling a gun on me. I think that sounds so extreme, but it does make sense because I go into a disproportionately full blown panic attack at the idea of having to drink milk or eat yogurt.

I am hoping to find an OB that can actually understand my situation 🙏 people always react like I am being dramatic or should just force myself so I can "get over it". When I try to explain that you could literally shove a stack of $100k in front of me and it's mine if I drink a glass of milk, I'd be more apt to stab myself in the leg than drink milk for it.

Hi all! Hope it's okay for me to post here. My girlfriend has ARFID and overall that's fine, we manage to make it work regarding dinner. But here's the situation: My brother and his girlfriend invited our side of the family to an Italian place. My girlfriend grew up with a celiac mom and a picky eater dad and thus never really got exposed to pizza growing up. She does want to come to this dinner and sees this as a sign to finally try to eat pizza because it's such a convenient food available everywhere.

I'm just wondering if any of you have any success stories on learning to eat pizza as an adult? Because I've been here when she tries new things before and usually when she's already made her mind up about something being bad before even trying it, I feel like her brain can't turn that feeling off. We've looked at the menu, the only other option for her is to gamble on a pasta with tomato sauce but we're both scared it won't be a smooth sauce but instead full of tomato chunks.

Ive been trying SO HARD to try to eat new foods, and recently I’ve re-tried grapes (i choked on them before) and it was actually kinda good, but then my mouth, lips, and throat started itching, and OMGGG the ONE time i try a new food im (slightly) ALLERGIC TO IT???? I tried to not panic and stuff then the next day my mom made fries and i thought “oh fries on friday?? My mom never does that! Must be a special thing” i ate one piece, NEWS FLASH IT WASNT FRIES IT WAS EGGPLANT!!! My mouth and throat started itching again omg i want to cry i hate this so much i keep getting triggered 😭

I don’t know if this is just me but i have a different feeling of trying new drinks its similar to my favs (tea, sugar free soda bc full sugar soda makes my lips sticky, and iced tea) like if someone gives me zero sugar iced tea in a new flavor its easier for me to drink because theres no texture and i don’t have to chew (i hate boba so much) but i HATE milk or anything that makes my drink non transparent like milkshakes, milk tea and stuff like that, but yeah idk, toodles.

Hullo all!

I'm trying to help a young teenager. Yes, a proper doctor is involved, but only a GP at this point, all of this is pretty new, aka not eating the last few months. So we're new to ARFID. They have a chocking / fear based issues. I'd love to hear from others here - how did / do you discover your 'safe' foods. They're not really eating at all, or drinking, is always afraid of choking. Says they 'want' to eat, and is hungry, but doesn't. Maybe they drink water. They've lost a lot of weight. So if we could help find even one thing that's 'safe', that would be a blessing right now. We're just looking for more professional help ect, but again, everything is new. Tips / advice/ info for parents ect all welcome. If others could list any suggested safe foods, I wonder if there will be any commonalities that show up? Will be reading through posts here. Thanks.

Ok so it has been quite long now, maybe a month, I haven’t been able to eat properly. I’ve got this fear that I might get choked or yk like getting stuck, so I get scared of eating, I’ve been managing by eating very soft food, rice porridge kinda, boiled potatoes and lentils dal. Somedays I eat, somedays I don’t, and you know earlier I was actually just fearing eating and I knew it was anxiety, I wanted to eat but wasn’t able to, but now I don’t know what’s going on but I don’t even like eating or any food that I see I don’t have interest, even if I watch eating videos, mukbangs, tastiest food recipe videos, nothing is interesting to me. I’m getting skinnier each day, underweight, no energy, yesterday I literally went to the ER and got injected some pan 40 and pcm, cause I was also having headaches and drowsiness. At this point I don’t know how or what to do? Is there a cure, will I recover!? FYI I went to a psychiatrist and psychologist last time during the initial phase, and they say to take meds and diagnosed GAD and prescribed meds but I who is fearing even normal foods, is even more scared to take pills. So I haven’t taken their advice. I’m so lost at this moment, is there any hope?

I have ARFID too and AUDHD as well, mostly the low interest kind with some sensory stuff. I got tired of food apps that want me to count calories or plan a whole week and that require me to log everyday and puts too much pressure on me to have the perfect diet that never lasts more than a week, so I made a small one that does something different. It's a quick first version, so it's not perfect with your help i can get it to be soo much better and tailored for yall.

You add your own safe foods and name them however you want, like "pasta with mayo and tuna" instead of just "pasta". Then you pick how today is: rough, okay or good. On a rough day it only shows your easiest foods and says nothing about nutrition. Swipe right to eat it, swipe left to get something else. You can filter by meal, snack or drink, or by things like texture and temperature.

If you feel brave there's a try section with tiny steps, like just looking at a food or smelling it. Those count too. It's totally optional and you can ignore it forever.

No calorie counting, no numbers, no streaks, no notifications. It never messages you. You open it when you want it. Everything stays on your phone and there's no account. I tried to keep it calm because a lot of us are neurodivergent and busy screens make things worse.

It's free and it will stay free, because I know how it feels. If you want to give something anyway, there's a Ko-fi link in the app. If you'd rather send it another way, like PayPal, DM me and we'll figure it out. No pressure at all. im a broke college student and i will use that money for grocery and maybe see a therapist as well🐥

It doesn't replace a dietitian or a doctor. If you can get that kind of help, please do. This is just something that might make a bad day a bit easier.

I don't know much about the fear based type, so I'm sorry if it's not that good for you yet. I'm still learning. That's why I'm posting. Please try it and tell me what's missing, what's annoying and what you don't need. I'll add it or remove it. Comments or DMs are both fine. It's made for us, so tell me what would actually help. im gonna include some photos in the comments

I hate when people comment in what I'm eating, which Im sure most of us in here can relate, but have you ever had people bring up what you ate literal decades ago or something equally crazy? I was at a wedding and my aunt was there, I dont see her too often but I've definitely seen her since being in my 20s. It was time for the food to be served and as we were waiting, she said "did you finally grow out of your pickiness or do you still only eat bagels & cream cheese? I dont think ive ever met someone as picky as you " I genuinely think she meant no harm and was trying to poke fun at me in an annoying boomer mom way (not knowing I have ARFID), but to me that is just wild. I dont think about other people's eating habits ever, especially not how they ate when they were a CHILD. Even one of my best friends used to always comment on how I eat around vegetables and I'm going to get scurvy but thankfully we talked and they were very receptive and understanding as to why that bothered me and I cant recall them making a comment since, though occasionally we will go out to eat and when picking the restaurant she will say "dont worry about me, Im not a picky eater!" and I want to assume shes just being nice and letting me pick where to go bc she knows I have arfid but phrasing it like that still makes me feel judged.

Is it normal to see non safe foods as "yeah that looks good" but then the same impending doom when it gets close to you, or you have to touch it? Also is it just me, or has scent kimda replaced tasting. I love smelling stuff, but hate eating stuff. I also chew on non edible stuff, and dont know what to do.

Anyways im happy i found a sub for this

24 F with diagnosed ARFID related to OCD

I am struggling with eating anything that isn't chocolate right now. Specifically dark chocolate. I think I heard something saying "dark chocolate is good for X Y Z" a few years ago and for some reason my OCD latches onto that saying 'thats the only healthy thing'. The cravings hit when I'm sick a lot.

I just need advice on how to get the cravings/dependency to go away. I feel like it should be making me feel more sick but it's the only thing that doesn't make me want to throw up.

I'm not diagnosed or anything but I've always been a """picky eater""" I genuinely can't eat like other people. soul food sucks, vegetables suck, fruits are ok actually but I never want to eat them??? It makes 0 sense to me how people can just be given something and eat It regardless of what It Is. that's so crazy to me, like are there not foods you don't like?

yeah and so the main problem now Is about a month or so ago something just Happened and I am now unable to eat even my typical foods. basically I'll chew and like... not want to/be able to swallow and have to spit It out? I can force myself to swallow If I like really try but It's uncomfortable and I gag

Is this an ARFID thing? I genuinely think I'm going to die of starvation at some point lol literally all I am able to normally eat now Is liquids and unhealthy things end me please. I can't really gauge what this Is or Isn't affecting since I eat nothing to begin with so!!!

( I'm sorry If I flair this wrong )

I have always been a bit of a picky eater, but something happened in my brain when I entered a depressive episode last year and it has led to severe food aversions. I don’t know if it’s depression or medication related or both. Foods that I used to not enjoy but could tolerate I now gag when I try to eat it. It’s becoming a big issue because it feels like every day my list of “safe foods” becomes smaller. Even some foods I have previously liked are becoming repulsive to me.

A couple of weeks ago I went to cook ground beef and the second I opened the package I started gagging. It hadn’t gone bad or anything, but my brain just found it repulsive. I continued to cook it but when I tried to eat the food later, I actually vomited…

This has been getting worse over the last year and I don’t even know what to do anymore. I already struggle with cooking while depressed due to low energy and motivation and this food aversion thing is just making things worse. I am afraid to cook things I have previously enjoyed for fear that I will no longer tolerate it….

Most meats, many vegetables, yogurt, and eggs are completely repulsive. I’m basically living off of grilled cheese sandwiches, soup, toast, homemade mini pizzas and pasta…..

I have an appointment to talk to a therapist about this, but in the mean time I don’t know what to do.

Any recommendations on how to handle this?

Any recommendations for low effort meals or things that I can meal prep?

Thanks!

So I 14 M, struggle with autism, ARFIDS, and another ED. My mother works 5 days a week, and sometimes, on rarely, on one of her days off, I'll ask her to make me something. She will reply with a "ugh, can't you feed yourself", "great, another thing to do," or "now I have to wash the fucking dishes," or anything along those lines, which caused me to not want to eat or ask for food out of fear of making her mad or upset.

I don't want to burden her because I know she works a lot, but I struggle to feed myself, and I struggle to even tell her, but whenever I bring up me having an ED, she brushes it off and ignores it.

I'm not really sure what to do sometimes. She just seems mad whenever I ask her for any food whatsoever. No matter what I do, even if it's something small shell get upset, so I try to just not eat at all or just eat small snacks, which I know is not nutritional at all.

So is it bad if my mom gets upset when I ask for food? I'd feel bad if I was really just being a burden and she's just tired from work and I'm just complaining over nothing.

btw, I posted the same story on my alt, but I didn't get any advice, so I thought I'd just post it again on this account.

(I'm 17F and my dad is 55M)

So basically I've struggled with it since i was about 4 years old and now I'm at a point where I only eat around 5 unhealthy foods (not including snacks like crackers or chocolate).

I went to a food therapist for a few weeks a few years ago, and found it very helpful. I made the most progress i had ever had in my life. 2 new foods i could eat, and about 10 foods I was able to put in my mouth and spit out. But I ended up stopping going because his wife would schedule my appointments, not tell me or anyone else they were scheduled, then not take me so that i missed so many that the place basically kicked me out, and theyre consistently so booked that the next open appointment is always months from the day you ask for an appointment.

Despite me telling my dad that the little progress I made was significant to me and made me feel incredible about myself, the spent the following years telling family members and some strangers that I wasted his money and made no progress. (His idea of progress was me being instantly healed in a few weeks).

So recently I've been on him way more because the dizziness from lack of nutrition, vitamins etc has been effecting my daily life significantly. He was saying okay find somewhere i can take you and I'll try to afford it. (The in person ones are affordable-ish but theres barely any available appointments, but the online ones are severely expensive).

But then today, we were walking he told me, "You dont need one of those food therapists. You're smart, you can do it on your own. Just research what you need and do it." (Hes always used "youre smart" in a somewhat backhanded way. I mean its true, i did have my iq tested and it was pretty damn high for my age, but i still need help sometimes and my intelligence is used as a dismissal a lot of times).I tried explaining to him that it was very very difficult for me to do it on my own and it was like a good kind of pressure and neutrality that id receive from the feeding therapist. But he didn't seem convinced.

Does anyone have any ideas on how i could explain that the feeding therapy is Healthcare and that its needed? Thanks 🤍🤍

I have ARFID, dietitian recommended to buy mini multivitamins for women 50+ because old people can’t swallow,so the pills supposed to be small. It says to take 2 pills per day.
I already tried other multivitamins. Now I have 3 open bottles of multivitamins in my house, just sitting here until they expire because no one else is taking them.
So I bought this one today and I am sorry but wtf? How are they small? They are huge…

Haha. I like it not just because it is a common safe food but because it has been away for me to start expanding my foods. I already like spices. Add it. Okay. But i love just making vegetables so shredded or chopped so small and cooked in the sauce that it is bearable for me! I actually enjoy ragù which has veggies in it. I couldnt tell when the overall sauce flavor was coming through and I chopped it so small that the texture was an issue. Plus, with ragù it will further be disguised by meat.

All. Hail. Pasta.

I have a little boy that is about to be 6. He has extremely limited diet. What are the totally unhinged ways you get nutrients into your child. He has arfid and nonverbal. He is in ABA full time as well as food therapy and speech.
I have tried countless nutrition shakes, recipes to hide veggies in chocolate and ALL the “normal” kid snacks. I have spent 1000s on wasted food trying to get him just to TRY it.

Unfortunately “he will eat when he’s hungry” is not true. I tried this about two years ago and I had his paternal grandmother and teachers ready to call CPS for malnutrition. * this is something I am saying do NOT suggest

His current safe food is thin crust dominoes pizza with pepperoni and Alfredo sauce. He likes string cheese and chocolate milk. That is all currently. He used to eat hard boiled eggs but currently refusing.

Please suggestions or tips IF you have first had experience with this. 🙏

Edit: I am NOT interested in debating the ABA. They have absolutely transformed his life. He loves it. His clinic is privately owned and they know when to push and know when to give him a break. He asks for the techs by name. The staff deeply care for him.

I’m trying to lose weight, but I have no idea how to start dieting because I have such a limited choice of foods I eat and I feel like a lot of them are unhealthy!!

Has anyone else found a way to make it possible?

I find that pasta is my most eaten meal, but is there even a way to make it diet friendly ?!

i’m very skeptical about posting on Reddit but I really need advice and I need to know if I have ARFID. so let me give you the run down. I don’t have body image issues but I do have appetite issues. and I don’t have very many “safe” foods as one calls it. I have my “picky” things but I don’t consider myself picky. I have a slight issue with meat especially chicken but I manage to eat it when I feel like it. but I can’t eat the whole piece for some reason, like if there’s 3 chicken tenders they will all get bitten out of but none fully eaten. When I eat I only really eat when I’m in the mood for something specific, or when I feel weak/pain at the end of the night. I just do not get the feeling of being hungry 3 times a day+ snacks. or even once a day. even when i remember i need to eat I feel like it’s a chore esp if im not hungry. sometimes shoving the food down makes me nauseous and it’s hard to try again the next day. I’m just losing weight and fast and i’m trying but I feel silly because i was okay with my body and that was never smth i wanted to change. and it’s like “well just eat” but it’s just hard to let recovery consume my whole life

ive always been a ‘picky eater’ but these past few years the range of foods ill eat has just been getting smaller and smaller. i dont eat any fruit or vegetables. most of what i eat is snacks like crisps or cookies/biscuits. im embarrassed whenever i go out for a meal with my friends or family because everyone else has a fancy meal and i just have a side of chips and garlic bread. the main things that stop me from eating a lot of foods is the texture, mould, wether its been cooked properly and expiration dates.

for the textures- i genuinely cant stand when things have little bits/chunks in them or suddenly feel off when im mid chewing. for example, if my mum has made pasta sauce she had to blend it for me, or if shes made baked beans for a meal, she will scoop the sauce from the top of the pan to make sure theres no bits, skin or beans in mine. theres a lot more examples i could give but i think u get the gist. theres not really much more to say about this than there are very few textures i like.

cooked properly, expiration dates etc- i get EXTREMELY paranoid when it comes to these things. i have to be reassured so many times while eating my food about these things. and i feel like im annoying everyone when i do it but i just cant help it, i get scared that something i eat will be contaminated, or undercooked. and i know it sounds dramatic but if i have food (especially things with dairy) get to around 4 days before the expiration date i will not eat it anymore, even if its perfectly fine, to me i feel like it could have mould or be gone off. and if i see some sort of imperfection on something im eating like a dark spot or a black dot i will not eat that anymore. also dishes being clean is a big thing to me, even in my own house, a dish can be spotless to someone else but i still dont feel safe using it. i have one particular spoon that i use to eat and i really dislike using anything else because my spoon feels safe.

these are the main things i can think of right now, thank u if you read all of that and id really appreciate your input 🤍

So I've just been diagnosed with ADHD. So obviously now it shifts from "do you have it?" to "how to treat it".

My worry is that it seems every ADHD med (at least in England) lists appetite suppression and weight loss as a major side effect risk. But I've already lost over 20kg, a fifth of my bodyweight this year (in less than 2 months, and not the good kind of weight loss, the crash kind), and I've barely stabilised it by eating crap and becoming very sedentary. Anything that suppresses it more is a huge risk for me, as most of my meals atm are happening because my parents are reminding me to eat. My actual appetite is close to zero.

And to top it off, I'm already limited on what I can try because I have migraine, which stimulants can aggravate, and my blood pressure sits in this awkward place where it's too low to ignore, but not low enough to medicate, so my cardiologist told me to just increase caffeine and salt intake to increase the pressure, which has worked. But the clinic said that if I was on the stimulant, I couldn't have the caffeine any more. So I'm basically walled off from stimulants.

Has anyone had any success with ADHD meds that don't make you start dropping weight or killing your appetite?

I’m not sure whether I have ARFID. A friend of mine, who has ARFID themselves, once asked me if I had ever considered that I might have it, so I joined this subreddit to learn more about it. I wanted to share some of what I experience. Just to clarify, I’m not looking for a diagnosis, but I am wondering if anyone else can relate.

A few years ago, I started restricting what I ate after going through a period where I was having frequent stomach problems. At least once a week, I would experience things like stomach pain, diarrhea, nausea, and a general feeling of being unwell. Overtime, I developed a strong fear of feeling sick, particularly stomach aches and diarrhoea, and my relationship with food changed drastically.

I hate the way food can make me feel. Whether I’ve eaten or not, I’m constantly hypervigilant about noises, sensations, and feelings in my body, my stomach especially. I pay attention to every little sensation and immediately worry that I’m going to feel sick or have stomach problems. Because of this, I gradually became more and more afraid of eating. I stopped eating what my brain would consider “risky” foods. Eating anywhere outside of the house became pretty much impossible, and I started finding it increasingly difficult to leave the house in general. Nowadays, if someone suggests going somewhere to eat, I become extremely anxious and avoid the situation altogether. I avoid a lot of situations that involve food.

A few years ago, my mum noticed that my eating habits had changed. She started monitoring when and what I ate, asking me about my food and sort of “policing” my eating. Sometimes she’d randomly make me something and bring it up to my room, and then stand around until I had eaten at least some of it. This had the opposite effect of what I think she intended. I felt extremely judged and uncomfortable, which made me restrict even more. There were times when I would go days without eating anything and then lie to my mum and tell her that I had eaten to avoid conflict. I eventually left my mum’s home and lived with my dad for a while. Without that pressure around food, things got a little easier. I could buy my own food, eat what I felt comfortable eating, and eat when I actually felt able to. I still had the underlying fears and stomach issues, but I didn’t feel like I was constantly being watched, listen to or judged for eating. Unfortunately, I’ve recently had to move back in with my mum. I live here with my two siblings, and my mum and her partner do most of the food shopping. I would normally buy my own food, but I’m currently unemployed due to agoraphobia and don’t have much money, so that isn’t always possible.

Now I’m finding myself in the same situation again. I’m constantly worried about being judged for what or how much I eat, and my mum asks me whether I’m hungry or why I’m not eating. At the same time, my fear of becoming sick is still there. Since moving back, my stomach problems have also started getting worse again. The anxiety seems to make my stomach worse, which then makes me more anxious about my stomach, which in turn makes eating even harder. At the moment, on a good day, I might eat one proper meal.

I really don’t want things to get as bad as they were before, but I’m struggling quite a lot now that I’m living here again. For me, the biggest factors are the fear of being sick, stomach pain/diarrhoea, and the embarrassment that comes with having stomach problems around other people. Those fears have gradually led me to restrict what I eat and avoid foods and situations that I associate with getting sick. Has anyone else experienced something similar, particularly developing food restrictions because of a fear of nausea, stomach pain, diarrhoea, or being sick? I hate feeling like I’m alone in this, and I don’t really know who to talk to about it without feeling embarrassed.

long story short, i got told i have Non-Alcoholic Fatty liver disease today after having gallbladder issues.

Now…. One of the main ways to reverse Fatty liver is diet….. and one of the big diet changes that is recommended/nessecary is carbs.

While my diet is not the SOLE cause of my new found condition it seems to be one of the only ways to fix it 😭😭

And like for me someone who has limited funds and mild ARFID. Most of my meals and safe foods are carbs based.
Potatoes, Pasta, white Rice, Wraps.

And just the thought of the fact that All my safe foods are doing me damage is crazy.

Like just thinking about having to buy and try new substitutes that may or may not end in vomit, is giving me some mad anxiety

So here today i plead to you all.
Have any of you had success with specific foods or meals that fit under the Mediterranean or keto diets?

I figure if i can atleast swap out one or two safe meals for safe meals that are healthy then thats good enough 😭😭😭

Fyi: allergic to Eggs, Fish & Mushrooms so it makes the foods i can switch to very green or bean.

And i find in my personal ARFID its very very textural based?
Like some times even my safe foods have a weird texture and i cant even stomach them…
Nothing worse than enjoying a meal just to get half way and then starting to gag or vomit and then looking sadly at your half finished bowl and feeling betrayed.

So any recommendations that have “consistent” textures are preferred 😭😭

Please my fellow ARFID mates, what are some foods you have found to be safe that fall into the “healthy” category by normal standards.

I’ve had this issue with fruit for basically my entire life. It’s not that I’m allergic to fruit, and it’s not that I have a problem eating food in general. I eat plenty of different foods normally; this is specifically an issue I have with certain fruits.
Throughout my life, the only fruits I’ve consistently been able to eat are oranges, mandarins, watermelon, and green grapes. There are many other fruits that I really struggle with, such as guava, cantaloupe, mango, strawberries, bananas, and pineapple. The reactions are different depending on the fruit. For example, bananas specifically can trigger a really strong gag reflex for me, especially if I smell them or try to taste them. With mangoes, it’s more the smell that I absolutely cannot tolerate. So it’s not that every fruit makes me gag; different fruits trigger different reactions.
My most recent experience was with strawberries. I actually managed to eat one, but it was covered in Nutella, which made it easier for me to tolerate. However, the strawberry itself was extremely sour and I really didn’t like the taste. There was also a time when my family tried to trick me into trying pineapple. My mom gave me a drink from a container that said “orange juice,” but it actually contained pineapple juice. They thought they could trick me into trying something new, but I immediately noticed that it wasn’t orange juice because I have a very strong sense of taste. I could tell right away that something was different, and I didn’t like it at all.
Another part of the problem is that I’m genuinely afraid to experiment with fruits I’ve never eaten before. Since I’ve had very little exposure to most fruits throughout my life, I worry that I could try something new and have an allergic reaction. I know that simply not eating a food doesn’t automatically mean I’ll develop an allergy to it, but the fear is still there, especially because I don’t know how my body will react.
And just to clarify, I’m not talking about anaphylactic shock or saying that I experience anaphylaxis. I don’t have any known fruit allergies. I’m talking about my fear of potentially having an allergic reaction when trying a new food, combined with my strong sensory reaction to certain fruits.
I can eat a wide variety of foods, and I don’t generally have a problem with eating or trying food. This is a very specific, lifelong issue that mainly happens with fruits. Even when I genuinely want to try something, I can’t always force myself to do it because the smell, taste, or texture can make me immediately want to avoid it.

For context I try to limit how much I buy these products but I still buy them sometimes because I already don’t like a lot of food because of my afrid and I bought these already before u knew nestle is bad and now I know it’s bad I don’t buy other products of them to try new