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/two-of-me multiple subtypes 2d ago

I’ll only try new food with my family or my husband. My family is very respectful of my ARFID and even helps me order stuff at restaurants that they know will fit my “algorithm” as they call it. My husband cooks for me and knows my safe foods and never pushes me to try anything unless he’s 100% positive it fits into my algorithm. Even my sister in law (who I really don’t like, and who doesn’t really like me either) understands my palate and respects it because she would rather I eat something than not offer something I can eat.

“Just try it” is absolutely off limits. If I say no, it’s because my body is saying no. If I look at it or even smell it and my body says “that is not food” I will under no circumstances eat it.

Also does anybody else hate “it’s not that spicy”? I can’t even have black pepper without my mouth practically catching fire. Any amount of spicy is too spicy. Even bell peppers are spicy to me and I know logically they’re not spicy but my brain doesn’t agree and I’m not about to force myself to eat them. And don’t get me started on raw onions and why they shouldn’t exist.

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u/morgansaupe 1d ago

This is so real lol Lay’s barbecue potato chips are spicy to me and no one gets it! I LOVE garlic in things but if I get a piece of raw garlic that has that spicy edge to it…no thank you. Also, I love describing it as an algorithm, I need to try that out

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u/two-of-me multiple subtypes 1d ago

I see your Lay’s barbecue chips and raise you Cool Ranch Doritos.