#arfid

[neurodivergenttales]

Shoutout to everyone who…

Relies on ‘junk food’ to eat

Is not able to or does not have the spoons to cook regularly

Whose relationship with food was damaged by their parents

Struggles to eat fresh fruit and veg

Has a limited diet due to sensory issues

Is made fun of for their restricted diet

#neurodivergent #neurodiverse stuff #mental health #mental illness #journal #journaling #diaryposting #arfid struggles #actually arfid #arfid #actually autistic #autism

[saturnsocoolioyep]

In the same vein as "I've been taking my medication for long enough that I haven't experienced any symptoms in a while, I must not need to take it anymore! (Spoiler alert: the meds are why you haven't had symptoms)" I present to you a similarly clownish thought process- "I haven't experienced that trigger in a long time, maybe I was just exaggerating how bad it was and it'll be fine to engage with this! (Spoiler alert: take a fucking guess babes)"

#on a definitely unrelated note the contamination obsessive thoughts are in fact still there and still upsetting #turns out when you take care to avoid things that trigger and upset you... #those things still trigger and upset you even if youve avoided them for a while #😱🤯 #ptsd #cptsd #trauma #recovery #disabled #autistic adult #actually autistic #<- idk if thats a good tag or not it just came up suggested when i typed autism so #ocd #<- not dxed and not even sure if i feel comfy self dxing w ocd but i definitely have upsetting obsessive + compulsive tendencies + thoughts #that i struggle with a lot so #medication #trauma recovery #triggers #arfid #disability #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #audhd

[yuribeam]

#stealing from flowergirlmiwa #is my food taste entirely tracable to autism? no but i love to have fun :3 #polls #autistic #actuallyautistic #arfid #picky eaters #neurodivergent

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)

Spectrum Sloth

#avoidant restrictive food intake disorder #arfid #tw food #food issues #actually arfid #this really sucks #I hate certain textures #smells and taste too #sensory issues #tw disordered eating #feel free to share and reblog #Spectrum Sloth (Facebook)

[knifewieldingenby]

If I have to read one more "I hate picky eaters, they have the taste palette of a 5-year-old" post, I WILL actually start killing people. You don't want to be around "picky eaters?" Fine, then get the fuck away from us. We're better off without your judgment.

"But wahhhh why won't they just try something new" Shut. Up. Look up how things like adhd, autism, depression, and many more affect eating. Look up food allergies, intolerances, and general sensitivities. FUCKING LOOK UP ARFID. Seriously I am so damn tired of people not knowing shit about arfid, refusing to research even when I tell them about it (most of my doctors don't even know anything about it even though they've known about my struggles for over two years!) And then you have the nerve to shame us for dealing with an eating disorder that is fuck all hard to work through cuz, again, no one knows fucking shit about it and they don't want to learn! My therapist reached out to an eating disorder clinic to find help for me, and the only goddamn one who even knew it existed was the director.

Stay the hell away from so-called "picky eaters" if you're gonna make post after post complaining about how annoying you find us, or how you just so badly want to go to restaurants with your friend but they eat like a child! Go alone, asshole.

#arfid #autism #actually autistic #not a fan of that tag but it finds a good chunk of the community #avoid restrictive food intake disorder #actually adhd #adhder #eating disorder tw #and I know like all my other serious posts this will hardly get notes but I hope someone even one damn person #sees this and takes it to heart

[gwydion-aacblog]

things want make whole world understand about ARFID

not just emotion feelings like little bit nervous but like physical reactions physical hard . think about eat new foods make feel sick distress like need convince brain and body this is food in first place .

and new food can mean

food that really never try before in any form

familiar food done in new way , change recipe proportions or change how cook prepare but all pieces same

familiar food but pieces change , even if just 1 like sauce

familiar food but texture different , because prepare different or not ripe enough or too ripe , things like that

familiar food but look different , colour , sometimes with severe ARFID even just cut and shape

familiar food but smell or taste different , new flavour

anything that is not familiar food in very exactly same way every time basically

and new food take so much mental energy and work to try , can not just change new everyday or will burn right out and rely even harder on things that never seem change like stuff from boxes in store .

is why ARFID put risk for malnutrition and gut bowel problems , eat make so so so much stress and sometimes only thing can do is try fortify what do eat rather than try change add different .

#ARFID

[autiedragon]

People judge picky eaters a lot but, as a very picky eater, I’m endlessly frustrated by my limitations. When I vent about this, a lot of people respond with things as “just eat it, it might not be so bad” but I mean it when I say a lot of suggestions I have already tried.

I watch a lot of food videos and they all look so good, a lot of food smells amazing, but then I try it and the texture is a sensory nightmare and there’s too much flavour. I love being autistic but, if I was to change one thing, it would be that.

#actually autistic #autism #actually neurodivergent #autism things #neurodiverse #autism acceptance month #actually adhd #adult adhd #autistic adult #autie #autism pride #autistic #actually autism #actually disabled #autistic pride #asd #food #tw arfid #arfid problems #arfid #picky eater #picky eating

[i-never-grew-up]

I love you level 1 autistics

I love you level 2 autistics

I love you level 3 autistics

I love you autistics who can talk verbally

I love you autistics you use AAC or other aids like sign language

I love you autistics with no professional diagnosis

I love you early diagnosed autistics

I love you late diagnosed autistics

I love you queer/trans autistics

I love you autistics who don't look autistic

I love you autistics who do look autistic

I love you autistics with co-morbid conditions (intellectual disabilities, ADHD, ARFID, etc.)

I love you autistics with 'scary' mental disorders (dissociative disorders, personality disorders, schizospec, etc)

I love you autistics with high empathy

I love you autistics with low empathy

I love you physically disabled autistics

I love you autistics! <3

#apollo talks #actually autistic #actually bpd #actually dissociative #low support needs #medium support needs #high support needs #intellectual disability #personality disorders #queer #ARFID #adhd

[wyverewings]

Picky eaters 🤝 Sex repulsed people

“yOu wOn’T kNow uNtIl yoU tRy iT”

#arfid #actually arfid #sex repulsed #asexual

[autball]

Pick your battles...but not this one. Put this one back.

#autistic #autism #actually autistic #autistic problems #autistic experiences #autistic funny #autistic feels #adhd #audhd #sensory processing disorder #sensory issues #arfid #food aversion #neurodivergence

[signedjehanne]

people on tumblr will literally post things like “you have to eat vegetables and expand your palate i dont care if you are a picky eater because of autism (if i can overcome it you can too)” and everybody will reblog it being like “yes this is true for everybody no matter what” and think its okay. like sorry but that wont work for everyone and there is no one size fits all and some people will never be able to eat these things no matter how hard they try. im only allowed by my doctors to eat recreationally and not for nutrition, because my ARFID is so severe that i get my nutrition solely from a specially made formula drink. your suggestions of “try vegetables roasted!” or “try them in soup!” and assurances of “i did it, you can too!” don’t work for those of us with more severe mental illnesses and disabilities. stop tying a person’s worth to their diet and stop assuming everybody has the ability to do what you can.

#seb speaks #autism #arfid #disability #i am TIRED. #for me #it’s not just sensory issues it’s a subconscious response #that reads unfamiliar foods as poisonous #this has been confirmed by all the doctors and scientists ive spoken to #actuallyautistic #i cannot have it blended to where i cant taste or feel it because even the thought #of those foods elicits panic attacks #because again. my brain reads them as poisonous. whether i want it to or not #you may say ‘this is sooo unhealthy tho’ #and yes! it is! because i’m mentally ill and disabled and i will never be healthy in this department #for as long as i live #i have done 3 rounds of feeding therapy and 1 support group #and countless visits to doctors and specialists and scientists #and they have all confirmed i will not get better #so the best i can do is to drink the formula and eat my safe foods. it’s the only way i’m physically able to live #and it’s why im not dying in a hospital bed from malnutrition anymore

[smoov-criminal]

they should invent a food that's completely tasteless and odorless but also gives all the nutrients one needs in a day

#mj.txt #im so sick of having arfid on god i just wanna be able to eat #disability #cpunk #cripple punk #arfid

[lokilysolbitch]

i keep explaining personality traits and quirks as "it's the autism" and i think it's starting to get taken as me exaggerating but i'm NOT. i buy tennis shoes too big bc i will have a meltdown if i can feel the end of the shoe on my toes. it's the autism. i got my first pair of non-jean pants recently and i am a full grown adult. every pair of pants except these will have me crying in the fitting room from sensory issues. it's the autism. the pants are high waisted and i wear them low. sensory need. it's the autism. 90% of my shirts are plant themed. special interest. it's the autism. i don't try new foods until a specific time when the Vibe Is Right. because most the time new sensory input will make me literally gag regardless of if i like the taste. autism. i'll pause a movie to do a deep dive of a side characters medication. pharmacology special interest. i took intro to pharmacology, human diseases, medical terminology, etc in college for FUN. i am not normal about it. it is not a normal interest. it's the autism. it's the autism. it's the autism. do you want me to show you where it falls under in the dsm criteria for autism each time i say it's the autism? do you want me to cite my sources when i say that the fact i've been eating cheerios for most of my meals is the autism? because i can ! do you wanna know whyyyy i will eagerly back myself up?

PSYCHOLOGY SPECIAL INTEREST.

ITS THE AUTISM.

#'i don't think that's from autis--' SHUT #autistic #autism #actually autistic #sensory issues #arfid #stimming #handmadeorganicpost #autistic spectrum #asd

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

3 Types of ARFID

Neurodivergent_insights

#avoidant restrictive food intake disorder #arfid #tw arfid #types of arfid #physical health #mental health #feel free to share/reblog #neurodivergent_insights (facebook)

[autism-affirmations]

#autistic #autism #actually autistic #sensory issues #spd #arfid

[thecorvidforest]

gentle reminder to those with EDs, allergies, or literally any condition that interacts with food, who are also trying to boycott for Palestine:

if not getting a certain brand means you wouldn’t eat, get the brand. if not getting a certain food means you wouldn’t eat, get the food. yes, even if there’s a boycott. do not let people guilt you into self-endangerment. in order to work, activism must be sustainable and must involve radical self-care. of course do your best to find other brands, but if it comes down to it, do not starve in the name of activism.

#corvidforest #i/p #free palestine #boycott divest sanction #boycott israel #anarchist #anarchism #arfid