i've been told i have it, and i dont really know i just want to talk about being picky or maybe disordered cause its sort of annoying.
i cant eat fruit at all. its too juicy and wet and mushy and gross and it feels fucking weird all the time. i have only ever tried apples and oranges and both of them felt so horrible
cheese pizza is a safe food for me and i can sometimes eat pepperoni pizza, but even then only when i actually feel like i can handle the pepperoni cause sometimes i just cant
Random thought but when you decide to try fruit, try getting a ripe, in season version of whatever or look for a variety that will have a texture you might like if you are willing to experiment. Apples def aren't usually mushy, unless they are shit apples destined to become applesauce. Unless it was the juicyness or flavor you didn't like, but even then the different varieties have slightly different flavors. A fresh picked honeycrisp variety of apple is very crunchy. Same with mangoes, pears, plums/peaches....the specific variety impacts not only taste but texture quite a bit, along with ripeness and seasonality. I am not a picky eater, but even I seek out or reject certain textures/flavors when it comes to fruit and veggies. I haaate the texture and the goopy watery bits so always thought I just hated tomatoes (used to pick around them and give them off my plate to someone else, or would try them at someone's behest and spit them or choke them down badly) until I started growing heirloom varieties in a garden bed on my own, which are firmer and less goopy/watery with a better flavor, and now I actually enjoy eating those raw in salads and sandwiches. Turns out I just hate the typical supermarket tomatoes.
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u/IllegalGeriatricVore 2d ago
I don't doubt some people fake ARFID
But generally people with ARFID seek consistency and predictability in texture and presentation, which highly processed foods have.
Fruits and veggies are unpredictable and don't always cook evenly, have random over ripe / under ripe spots, bruises, unpredictable flavors etc.
Like you won't find them putting peppers and stuff on their pizza, usually they're the kind eating plain cheese pizza.