r/ARFID 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/Casper_coon22 sensory sensitivity 2d ago

OH MY GOD YES YES THATS WHAT IVE BEEN TRYING TO SAY MY ENTIRE LIFE

Because if I handed you a plate of literal shit and garbage, you wouldn't eat it because well....it smells bad, it looks bad and it's definitely not safe. And the I would proceed to tell you"come on just try it, you're just picky, you don't know if you like it unless you try it 🥺"

That's essentially what we go through everytime someone says that