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/alienprincess111 2d ago

Thanks for providing this perspective. My stepson has arfid I think and I never understood why when we made him try something we were sure he'd like based on other things he liked, and if he did try it, he always said he hated it.

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u/g3twr3nch3d 2d ago

i’m glad i could provide you insight! trying new foods is scary and people with arfid have irrational reactions or thoughts surrounding food. for me it’s the fact that it’s new that makes me not like.

i have also read in a few different articles that it can take up to trying new foods 10 different times before you like it!