#picky eating

[willtheweirdrat]

Reminder: It's alright if you're a "picky" eater. It's alright if you only eat a few specific foods. It's alright if you don't try new foods. It's alright. You should never feel bad about sensory issues. I love you /p

#sensory issues #autism #asd #actually autistic #actually disabled #disability pride #autistic things #neurodivergence #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #disability #picky eater #picky eating

[justcuriouspolls]

(my apologies if the options are worded weirdly, generally I am intrigued by the prevalence in sensory issues in picky eating)

(answers were grouped based on how I expect the percentages will be, grouping them perfectly evenly could have innacurate results but I may be incorrect)

#picky eating #autism #sensory issues #sensory processing disorder #neurodivergency #food #tumblr polls #my polls #polls

[carmendeiact2whenplz]

I know this is sorta different from my usual polls but

As an autistic person and picky eater for as long as I remember, one of the things people often said to me is “try a bite and see if you like it”, and that has almost never worked. Interesting enough other picky eaters do agree to try a piece, and I wonder if there’s a correlation between sensory issues and *willing* to try food before making a decision on whether you like it or not.

#picky eating #autism #sensory processing disorder #asd #spd #sensory issues #polls #out of curiosity #reblog for sample size

[raynedayys2]

I feel like taking the same lunch to school for like 5 1/2 years wasn't very neurotypical of me and maybe it shouldn't have been brushed off as "picky eating".

#text post #autism #autistic #asd #neurodivergent #neurodivergence #picky eating #sensory issues #I would literally cry & be inconsolable if I had to take a different lunch. #I eventually stopped taking my lunch #but changing my routine can make me cry if it's sudden

[shenanigamessg]

It’s hard eating veggies out here

#out of context discord #discord chat #discord shenanigans #discord #memes #discord friends #online friends #discord funnies #funny dialogue #shenanigamessg #picky eater #picky eaters #picky eating

[mostcertainlynotcis]

theres this one image i remember very vividly and im trying to find it but having no luck

it showed pictures of 4 different blueberries with varying adjectives underneath them, and then it showed 4 pictures of a graham cracker with "the" "same" "every" "time" underneath them. it was a demonstration/explanation for picky eating

#picky eating #autism #stardust.txt

[thishazeleyeddemon]

holy shit if you think you don't like vegetables you have GOT to try some different methods of preparation besides boiling. I just sauteed some in olive oil and a bunch of spices and that fucked like HELL

#tagging as #autism #picky eating #because I am all of those things #moth talks #cooking

[lifewithchronicpain]

There's nothing more disappointing than ordering your favorite meal from one of your favorite take out places only to find someone new must have made it and totally ruined exactly what you liked about it.

#actually autistic #autism #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #picky eating

[sullina]

top difficulties when feeding myself:

all food is expensive, but meat and fish most of all

I'm picky as hell and dislike about 90% of vegetables. Honestly, carrots are pretty much the only vegetable i actually like, but depending on how they're used, I'll still eat most vegetables.

Executive dysfunction + takeout is expensive as hell too. Despite being hungry, I'm not in the mood to cook or eat a lot of the time, like literally daily. Takeout would be one solution, but the cheapest meal i can get that's close by (as in, takes less than 30 minutes of travel) still costs ~10€ at minimum, and i don't have the money to spend that much on a singular meal on the regular.

I also have a very tiny kitchen. Cooking just once, even just a small thing, if it requires more than a frying pan and a spatula, my kitchen will be a mess, and I'm not a fan of cleaning up. Because of this, frozen meals are the best, but the grocery store i go to that is nearby enough for me to require little executive function only has a select few frozen meals and I'm getting sick of them...

Of course, the obvious solution would be to make food that lasts several days. The problem: I only know like 2 stews that i can make with the food i can get at the aforementioned store. Meat is not included in either stew. Plus: if i eat the same food for too long in a row, I'll also get sick of it. So even if i cook a large amount of food, it'll either go bad before I can eat it all, or i'll have to freeze it. But my freezer space is also extremely limited. Plus, once I'm sick of a food, I won't eat it anymore for weeks, sometimes months on end, so even if i do freeze it, I'll either have to deal with pretty much no freezer space, or I'll have to throw the frozen food away, bc eating is ain't an option. I'd rather throw up than eat food I'm sick of, even if I don't get sick from it.

Does anyone have any tips or recipes to share that might help? Preferably recipes that contain staple foods like pasta, rice, potatoes, etc, since those are cheap. And if possible, no recipes that require a microwave. I only have an oven and a stove available, as well as some pots and pans, but that should be plenty to cook food.

Honestly, feel free to leave just about anything in the notes though. I'm not just looking for specific recipes, but inspiration as well. I'm confident in my cooking skills, I'm just lacking ideas whenever I try to think of anything to eat...

Thanks in advance.

#adhd #adhd struggles #picky eating #adhd problems

[cartoonscientist]

the ARFID/picky eater/sensory issues hate circlejerk on reddit is insane

not to be all IM MENTALLY ILL AND I WOULD NEVER but just like, who are these people hanging out with? I have no problem with charcuterie or sushi or pho or fish with the head on or raw oysters or balut, I just fucking hate certain textures and flavors. but when I see something that has say, green onions or raw kale in it, I literally don’t say anything, let alone insult the dish or the person eating it. if somebody asks me why I’m not eating it I just say “oh it looks AMAZING but unfortunately I have some sensory issues with certain food textures”. I’ll even cook meals I don’t personally enjoy for other people because they’re fun to make and look pretty and I’m happy to have the chance to prepare them. in fact, I find it’s usually other people who are a dick to me! “how can you not like Kit Kat bars?? there’s something wrong with you! just eat it! you’ll like it if you try it again! it’s really weird that you don’t like Kit Kats, everyone likes them!”

#sensory issues #picky eating #ARFID #i only have sensory problems but I’m tagging the other stuff too #ableism #cw food

[felipe-kuso]

Why am i picky eater huh? You don't like fucking eggs but i don't force you to like it.

#midnight rambles #picky eating

[ocean-again]

picky eating is a consequence of your parents not knowing how to cook.

I'm considering this because everyone I know with picky eating problems grew up in a home where their primary food-giver had some bullshit going on.

maybe they frequently insisted you eat food that had actually gone bad, had weird ingredients worked into it for "nutrition", couldn't spice food well to save their life, maybe everything had to be "low fat" or "low salt". or some other kind of bullshit .

but there's always SOMETHING like I've never eaten food at the home of my picky eater friends and been like "dang how are you a picky eater? this is so tasty" it's always like "thank you, no, no, I am so full, couldn't eat another bite" because there's always something OFF about it.

I do also think that, because this is trauma, it's both not your fault and also your responsibility to try and heal the damage before you die from scurvy, but like, if you're a picky eater at home but you can always eat restaurant food?

maybe your family just sucks at cooking?

#picky eating #thoughts

[annoyedclaude]

You know, as someone who is coming to terms with the probability that I’m autistic, something I still get into regular discussions and even fights over is how I’m admittedly picky with food.

Certain dislikes on tastes, peculiar textures, and just outright seemingly random revulsion is common with me.

And that doesn’t sit right with neurotypical folk.

Yet they can somehow - through some miracle - understand the concept of having certain style and music tastes with 0 issue, and don’t [often] bitch to others about that nearly as much. They completely seem to get the concept of people having outright hate for certain music artists or bands.

Why taste? Why is that the one that the ONE THING that they REALLY REFUSE to budge on so often? Why is that such a bad, disgusting thing to have a problem with? Why is it ok to be kinda picky with music tastes but never taste?

#autism #picky eating #vent

[dagreb]

Hate a food if you must. Despise it even. Never eat it. Take no guff from those who try to dissuade you. Whatever cliches they present to you tell them where to go. You're an adult, you have agency, eat what you want. Be fatigued at people's insistence. Be picky. Laugh at and pity those who think there is some moral component to not eating a thing.

"Kids are starving in _____."

"Well then, send it to _____."

Tell me you don't eat it. Tell me you can't stand it. Tell me you won't eat it. Say "ew" loudly in a drawn out way. Make gagging/vomitting noises. Tell me you dislike it. Tell me it's gross. Tell me you have an aversion. Tell me it's disgusting. Even tell me you don't know how I can stand to eat it. Tell me "no thank you" in an overly sarcastic way.

Please please don't tell me you hate it. (Write that you hate it, I guess. I'll try to read that as dislike).

Know this: IRL when people have told me that they hate a food I enjoy (or even love) it has been abundantly clear that they don't merely dislike it. They don't have an aversion. They don't think it's gross. They HATE hate it. It's not just that they don't want to eat it but that the offending food should be stricken from existence. No one on earth should be able to consume the food, EVER. I, in particular, am a vile & abhorrent abomination for even knowing the food exists, let alone eating it and enjoying it. I should join them in their vitriolic POR or suffer the consequences.

Hate is a strong word. To me it means you think the object of your hate should be eradicated from the earth. If I don't join you in this view clearly there is something wrong with me and I am the one with the moral failing.

#picky eating #aversion #dislike #hate is a strong word #mmmm black liquorice #large text #text #still recovering from a bad relationship?

[artsychaosbean]

I watched a video and it infuriates me

My issue with the video is this is a mom vs a professional nutritionist. This is another case of a mother who stubbornly thinks she cant possibly be wrong.

I was forced to eat peas and beans, I have autism. I can't handle the texture of peas or beans. I was forced to eat garlic with a garlic allergy.

I was forced to overeat

Many parents not all but MANY parents take a "I know your body best" stance and IGNORE the words of their child. Forcing a kid to eat is just as bad as depriving them of food. and it does cause EDs I went through 2 different eating disorders and my relationship with vegetables and meat has been soured my whole life since I was a child. I have to force myself to eat vegetables and it has to be cooked in specific ways. I don't WANT to be this way and didnt make myself this way. Same with meat, unless its fish I struggle to eat meat even though I love the taste of chicken I was forced to eat so much meat even when full it makes me want to puke.

I developed stomach problems aswell so I cant eat as much anymore and my digestion is messed up. I cant digest beef, pork, brussel sprouts, peppers or beans at all anymore.

So this "Tough love" Mom just comes off ignorant. Shes stuck in that same toxic mind set and keeps talking over the nutritionist who seems like a very polite person. when I was forced to eat food I got an ED that made me have an aversion to food, eating caused me panic attacks. When I was fat shamed despite not eating much bc I did have weight problems even though I ate little, ate healthy and was active, but the result was I started skipping meals and sneakily putting meals back and throwing up. I was starving myself.

Then later on in life I got the opposite end of that eating disorder over being fat shamed and I'd starve myself still at meal times but then guilt binge a bunch of junk food and hide the wrappers and packaging in the garbage, and then guilt starve myself again for eating. it was a vicious cycle.

Some parents do NOT understand that kids aren't just manipulative whiny attention seeking little devils. Which is how they treat their children. STOP EXPECTING THE WORST IN YOUR CHILDREN. COMPROMISE, TALK TO THEM AND TREAT THEM LIKE HUMAN BEINGS.

When you expect the worst in your child and treat them off of that, you cause resentment. When you don't listen to your child even if they never have lied to or manipulated you in their life, you teach them that no one will ever believe them and that affects their self image. When you don't listen to your child on their health, they won't listen to their own body and start ignoring the signs of health complications. That could KILL your child if the psychological damage goes too far. I was ignored on numerous occasions and got injuries from it or ended up almost in the hospital. My mother then turned around and made it all about herself being a victim "IF YOU JUST LISTENED TO ME ABOUT THIS UNRELATED THING A WEEK AGO THIS WOULDNT HAVE HAPPENED" as I sit there with my thighs entirely bruised unable to walk bc I had an injury that got irritated bc she forced me out when I told her I couldn't and warned her my injury would get worse. But bc shes the mother she "Knew best" and didn't take responsibility when I got hurt worse bc she ignored me.

Yknow what that taught me? That I can't TRUST my MOTHER to take care of my physical needs. That I have to take full care of myself. This means as a teen I wouldn't tell her if I was in pain, even when it got to the point where I SHOULD have been hospitalized. Because I no longer TRUSTED her to tell her. bc of HER actions and HER words. TALK TO YOUR CHILDREN. LISTEN TO THEM. DONT TAKE THEIR CONCERNS LIGHTLY. and if your child is being "Picky" consult professionals if no way you cook something works. Because if they complain about texture it very well could be adhd or autism. And if its not, and if they dislike that item regardless of how you cook it. Let it go, find other foods they might like in the same food group. Dont like cauliflower? Try broccoli. Again try it in different recipes dont keep trying the same thing over and over expecting them to just "get used to it" bc maybe its the way you cook it. I hate tomatos cooked for example bc of the heat and texture but I love them raw in a salad. It doesn't mean I dont eat tomatos, it just means I don't like them cooked and thats not that hard to do. And NEVER hide the food from your child. If you do that will also create a negative relationship with food and a distrust in you as a parent which will make them LESS likely to willingly try new things which can impact their relationship with other foods. If they don't like hot dogs, try "pigs in a blanket" But dont HIDE that its hotdogs in it, let them know. Make an agreement with your child to try everything ONCE and to try every new recipe ONCE. but don't pressure them or scream at them even if its frustrating. Yelling at your child just makes it harder on them especially if its autism. As a child who was forced into EVERYTHING and never had a choice. I have now grown into an adult with a lot of self image issues, a bad relationship with two essential food groups, and more triggers for my PTSD and Anxiety. It impacted my mental health and self worth. Im not the only one, I have a group of 12 friends on discord who all went through similar things with the same / similar consequences in their life from the issue. We all have a fear of foods now and we all had eating disorders as children and teens bc of our parents.

#disordered eating mention #trigger warning! Eating disorder #autism #neurodivergence #bad parenting #physical health #picky eating #autism & food #Youtube

[monriatitans]

189,902 views  Dec 13, 2021 "What if my child never eats a vegetable in their entire life?!?" If a child doesn't eat well, parental worry is daily and intense. How would parents' lives (and dinner tables) change if they had strategies to combat picky eating that had nothing to do with food? 5 big ideas for parents to troubleshoot root causes and help their children eat better, plus a practical 3-step process that has decreased mealtime stress for thousands of families.  Parents, what if we taught you a way to get your picky eaters, to eat? The secret is…putting them in charge. Interesting, huh? Kimball is a cooking teacher who says the earlier kids master good eating habits, the better their lives will be in all aspects. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

#Katie Kimball #picky eating #picky eaters #food #picky to preferenced #preference #sensory preferences #palate #pain #processing #pressure #power #boundaries #3-step process #it's not about the food #TED #TEDx #TEDxHartford #TEDx Talks