i feel so defensive and protective of people with ARFID like if i had a disorder that made my brain register 90% of food as poison for no reason and i had a bazillion people on the internet constantly calling me a manchild who needs to just grow up and stop being a picky eater i would start killing people
people with ARFID and people with very few autism safe foods and people with contamination OCD and people in ED recovery and everyone else with a complicated relationship with food that no one takes seriously GET BEHIND ME!!!!!!!
Thank You, I feel so seen with this post. Yes, I have those exact same feelings when People misunderstand Arfid at best, and dismiss and mock it at worst. This is why I over tip when People do My food correctly, and why I suddenly transform into the worst Karen in the world when Someone messes up My food. I hate doing that, but it's a bit of a survival tactic on My part.












