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More Than Just A Picky Eater: What Life Is Like When You Suffer From Arfid
The content below was sourced from real posts on the Whisper app, the largest online community where people anonymously share real thoughts and feelings. Join the community to continue the conversation today. Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), is an eating disorder characterized by extremely selective eating habits, patterns or both. This condition sometimes appears s just someone being a picky eater, but it is truly the most extreme case of picky eating. Those with arfid sometimes limit themselves to only a handful of types of foods as well as having extreme reactions to certain textures of food. This lesser known eating disorder affects more people than you may realize. Their confessions reveal what life is really like when you're living with arfid.

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I have ARFID, an eating disorder cause me to eat only certain foods because of fear of new textures, smells and tastes...

From:
Somewhere

Support is needed!

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I have an eating disorder called ARFID. My family always gets on me about my eating habits and rants to me that I should be healthier. They make me feel bullied and left out.

From:
Somewhere

It's not always easy.

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I have arfid and my dad is making me eat pizza and just the thought of it makes me want to throw up even though it’s one of my safe foods

From:
Hanahan, South Carolina, US

It's hard when no one else gets it.

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I can't eat at restaurants or even subway anymore because nobody takes my food issues seriously. And if they do, they give me looks as if I killed their family. I can't help having ARFID.....

From:
Thrybergh, England, GB

How frustrating!

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I have ARFID. An eating disorder that limits my diet cause of some foods texture, look, color, smell or taste.  My friends always say I'm so picky when I say I hate something. Sorry it's not my fault.

From:
Somewhere

Intense!!

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I struggle with both anorexia, bp and arfid so people never believe me when I say I really don’t like the food and I can’t eat it..to the point where I was given a feeding tube

From:
Somewhere

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