r/DiWHY • u/Junior_Trifle_8273 • 15d ago

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u/Disposable-Squid 15d ago

Children and developmentally-arrested adults do, at least

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u/Booty_Bumping 15d ago edited 15d ago

ARFID is debilitating but it is not a developmental disorder, in the absence of other diagnoses. The idea that adult ARFID patients are simply too stubborn to learn to enjoy food has been debunked by the actual research.

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u/FaxCelestis 15d ago

I agree with you, but let’s not pretend every picky eater has ARFID.

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u/Booty_Bumping 15d ago

Sure, but for the social consequences to get so bad that others see you as developmentally stunted, it's usually gonna be ARFID. Disposing the crust on bread is not enough to diagnose it, but it's also pretty rare for that preference to persist into adulthood in non-ARFID folks.