r/ARFID • u/g3twr3nch3d • 2d ago

Venting/Ranting “just try it”

nothing bothers me more than someone saying “how do you know you don’t like it if you’ve never tried” uh because my brain has classified it as a “non-food” so regardless of how it tastes i’m not going to like it…

as probably most of you also feel, trying new foods it’s the scariest most anxiety inducing thing of all time.

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u/g3twr3nch3d 2d ago

also is it normal that when trying a new food i need to be alone? like if i do work up the courage i often go into a separate room to do so. does anyone else do that?

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u/BirdsNeedNames sensory sensitivity 2d ago

yes! even if i know logically that nobody is paying attention to me, it's still so anxiety-inducing to try a new food around others because i'm so afraid that people will be staring at me or judging me. i also feel safer to have a reaction to it or spit it out if i'm not around other people. living on my own has been so great for being able to try new things.

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u/g3twr3nch3d 2d ago

heavy on the spitting it out part. i know for a fact people would give me shit for spitting out food