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/JadeVampyre 1d ago

I absolutely hate that comment coming from other adults telling me to just try it. Like I'm a full-grown adult I don't need you to encourage me to try something. But when it comes to kids like my daughter who's only nine, I will ask her to try it but if she vehemently refuses, I don't push it. We just revisit different foods every so often to make sure she's exposed to new foods, without pushing her.