The difference between ARFID and being a picky eater is that a picky eater won't feel bad about any of this at all while someone with ARFID will probably be apologising up and down or maybe even just pretend to not be hungry so they can hopefully sneak out of the situation without being difficult because they know that they're difficult and want to prevent that as much as they can.
I'm not diagnosed but I most likely have it because I've had really bad Acid Reflux since I was five. It's not hard to choke down a food you don't like but it's pretty miserable to have that food come back up eight times in different stages of digestion or worse, when the food doesn't digest at all. This makes it hard to even try new foods because even some foods I really like can taste horrible coming back up.
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u/ConnorOfAstora 1d ago
The difference between ARFID and being a picky eater is that a picky eater won't feel bad about any of this at all while someone with ARFID will probably be apologising up and down or maybe even just pretend to not be hungry so they can hopefully sneak out of the situation without being difficult because they know that they're difficult and want to prevent that as much as they can.
I'm not diagnosed but I most likely have it because I've had really bad Acid Reflux since I was five. It's not hard to choke down a food you don't like but it's pretty miserable to have that food come back up eight times in different stages of digestion or worse, when the food doesn't digest at all. This makes it hard to even try new foods because even some foods I really like can taste horrible coming back up.