![]() “I have a list of maybe 20 to 25 foods that I can eat. In a street-style interview with the TikTok show Please Don’t Tell Anyone, which is part of a podcast where people are asked to reveal their secret, one person named Jason shared what it’s like to have ARFID. Outside of those safe foods, they may avoid eating anything with specific smells, tastes, temperatures, textures, colors, categories, or from certain brands. This started as an irrational fear that stemmed from watching a show where a person was murdered through food that I already had a fear about.”Ĭhildren and adults with ARFID typically have lists of “safe” food they can eat. When I did not have an allergic reaction, the fear landed at a fear of being poisoned. This was particular to foods I did not enjoy or foods I had never tried before. Once that fear did not come to fruition, it escalated to a fear of anaphylaxis. “First it started out as a fear of choking on food. “I had a gradual growth in my fears,” Diana told BuzzFeed News. Instead, people with the eating disorder might have sensory issues or they might have experienced a traumatic event that leads to an avoidance or restriction of food. ![]() ![]() ![]() ARFID is different from eating disorders that cause people to restrict calories due to a fear of gaining weight or because they have a distorted body image. ![]()
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