ARFID-- My eating disorder
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. My eating disorder. See the real me by watching this video. I hope I can offer support to anyone out there with an eating disorder.
Fell free to email me with any questions or if you just want to talk at: mckaelenelliot@gmail.com
Thank you all for watching!!
I want to get rid of this. I hate being the special one in my family. Having my parents cooking food for them and a separate one for me. My mother understands about this but my sister and my father still pick on me 16 years later.
I was tired of my family always having to think about my "diet needs" when choosing a resturant. ARFID isn't a choice. You would eat everything if you felt like your mind would let you. ❤️
Im 29. I never realised what i had ARFID until i used google. Lol. I always have been overly fussy. Ive never had much of an issue with my body image. I just mentally can't eat. I eat bananas, apples, green grapes, oranges, plain sausages, bacon, ham, weeties, coco puffs, bread, french fries, only cheese slices, garlic bread and pizza with just ham and cheese. I have lived on these foods for 29 yrs. I remember going on camp and starving, going to friends houses and fearing what they would offer me. Sitting at sunday lunch and just eating bread and butter. I ate fine until 3 and then it all changed. I have found it really hard to find anyone here in Australia that deals with this illness.
Im so tired all the time and constantly embarassed by my eating habits. Im get so jealous of people that can eat anything.
Youre video has given me hope.
Thanks so much xx
ebonyjth I am so glad that my video helped you. All I want to do is help people with their fight to recovery. Feel free to email me at mckaeenelliot@gmail.com if you want to talk or just need support. I have faith in you!
I also have ARFID, I eat the same foods everyday and CANNOT try a single thing. The foods I actually eat are so limited and unhealthy. (Chips everyday), I feel so alone because no one seems to understand. My parents just say I'm fussy, and my friends just laugh. I want to eat like everyone else, I just can't! Thanks for making this! I thought I was the only one!xxx
I struggle with the exact same thing. Glad to know that there is a community of support with our eating disorder.
same :D Since I started my life I've never gone out of my comfort zone. I've expanded my food list to like few more items (garlic, onion and broccoli soup). I've realized that I don't like textures of food. Like I can have creamy mushroom soup (I loved it) but there there must not be any mushroom inside. Like I prepare the food but then I decant muhrooms out of the soup so all I have is liquid...And I also do that to broccoli soup but at least I accept the flavor...What is your type of this disorder? What bothers you about food? :D
Your not alone there are now groups on Facebook if your looking for a group of understanding people!
Before going to therapy I would cry my way through tthe new meals my parents would force me to try. I had my first panic attack around new foods and realized i didn't want to keep living my life this way. Recovery is possible. Before a couple months ago, I had never tired a hamburger and strongly disliked pizza now I eat both fairly regularly. You are not alone. ❤️
Abbie Jones me too! :(
today I decided to google about my "food problem" as it's something that has bothered me since I was a baby, I found ARFID, I looked at the Wikipedia page and I showed my mum and she said she is 100% sure I have this, In some was I was pretty happy to know it's recognised as an eating disorder now, I've struggled to explain my problems with food and I've always been sick of people saying "oh so you're a fussy eater", I used to go to a psychologist when I was about 10 with my mum about this and doctors never knew what it was, now 5 years later I discover it is a thing that so many people have! So after finding out about it I searched it on here to find your video and it was very interesting to see someone else's experienc, so thank you :)
*experience
I understand you 100%. I found the disorder and I looked it up and I found ARFID, I POSITIVE that I this disorder!
Hey, I'm 18 and have had this for my entire life. I found out about ARFID a couple years ago and saw an exact description of myself in articles I found. I haven't been officially diagnosed but I am sure this is what I have and I have a doctor's appointment getting scheduled tomorrow. I am scared to see what will follow that, but also relieved. There just comes a point when you realize you can't live this way for your entire life. It only occurred to me today that there might be people on UA-cam who have talked about this eating disorder and it's a relief to know I'm not an anomaly. Thanks for sharing!
Update?
Well I went through with the doc appt and from there my doctor referred me to a counselor. She didn't really know that much about it but she was super helpful and supportive. So I called the counselor agency, but it turned out they didn't take my insurance company. So it kind of ended there because I got super busy with planning for graduation and even mustering up the courage to set up a doctor appt took a lot of anxiety so I was not eager to try again, you know? BUT i move in to college in two weeks and they have a place there that helps specifically with anxiety, stress, and eating disorders so I will definitely be visiting them and hopefully they can help.
Btw I completely understand about your parents cooking for them and then separate for you. I've eaten plain spaghetti noodles every single night I've been home for as long as I can remember. I hope you can get the help you need :)
Hey. I just wanted to say that this video is very comforting for me and thank you for being brave enough to talk about it. Ive had the same problem since I was a baby and I always felt so alone and isolated. My friends and family never really understood, and my doctors and psychiatrists DEFINITELY didnt. I always struggled with trying different food. But this led to an obesity problem and a lot of teasing growing up and im just so happy to not feel so alone anymore. Seeing someone thats been through what I have is really inspiring and I just wanted to say thank you so much.
I am so glad that my video helped you. I really appreciate that you took the time to comment. I am trying to carve time into my schedule to upload another video but I just haven't found the time yet. I read your comment and I almost cried. All I want to do is impact people and show them that they are not alone! :)
I have the same thing. I hate it when people say I'm picky because I'm not! I'm not afraid of the food but I am at the same time. I can't explain it. I'm happy to know other people know what I'm going through. Anyone else with ARFID, be strong! There's always someone you can talk to.
I'm thirteen years old and I have ARFID, and I go to therapy for it. I've had it as long as I remember, but I was only diagnosed a year ago. My parents always just called me an extremely picky eater, until my mom read an article on this. I'm really glad that they know what it is, because they were planning to do the "they'll eat when they're hungry" method, which definitely wouldn't have worked out well. Sleepovers are really hard, whether they're at my house or someone else's. If they're at someone else's house, I have to pray that they'll have a food I eat. If they don't I just say that I'm too tired to eat, or that I ate before I came, because I don't want others to judge me. If they're at my house, my parents usually make pizza or something, and my friends always stare at me eating my (all in separate bowls/plates) buttered noodles (no sauce), Lima beans from a can, and a bowl of unsweetened applesauce. I always eat the same thing for breakfast, Cream of Wheat and a piece of buttered toast. Sometimes my girl scout troop or just my friends and I will end up going to a restaurant, and I have to just eat a roll from the bread basket. Whenever anyone ever asks why I'm not eating, I don't tell them about my disorder, because usually if I ever do they'll associate it with anorexia somehow and just stand there looking at me and whispering.
I have Arfid too, and I've had it since I was 4. I am now 13, and still struggling with it. I pretty much only eat junk foods, and noodles/macaroni. I'm getting pretty tired of the foods I eat, so I have to drink supplements....
Ya I would tell people "oh I'm just not hungry" or "oh I just eat at home". I go to therapy too. Its been a life savor.
I've never understood myself because of my eating habits. Videos like these have helped me, I felt so alone in the way I eat and how unhealthy I am. I am finally finding solace.
Appreciate you taking the time to share your insight. I've shared the same problem for as long as I can remember, and it's always relieving to hear from others and to know we're not freaks. I was nearly in tears the first time I found some real validity to the struggle we go through. I find it interesting that most people I talk to with ARFID are bound to a very similar list of safe foods, usually pizza, pasta, cereal, bread products, deserts, and snack foods. I find that AFRID is one of those disorders that's still a bit of a mystery to therapists and food experts, and sometimes they don't always get a real sense for what the best help might be when concerned parents take their children to them. While not nearly as dangerous as other eating disorders, where ARFID can often hit the hardest is in our social lives, as you may have expierenced.
I ate nearly meal alone in college, and would make sure I wasn't a part of plans that would last more than a 3rd of the day knowing there would be a meal involved, only to have to go through the day in constant anxiety of how I would avoid being taken hostage by food. Some of my closer friends had a sense that I had a narrower food range than most people, but letting anyone know the full extent was absolutely unthinkable.
I also wanted to congratulate you for your successes in overcoming many of your personal struggles with food. You've given myself, and many of your viewers I'm sure a lot of inspiration to continue to venture out of our comfort zone and try new things. For many of us it's in baby steps, it took me 4 years to be able to eat a salad, and another year to eat it with the dressing, but it is possible. While we might have to continue to carefully investigate each menu well in advance of going out, and wiggle our way out of Thanksgiving dinner, none of it stops us from being successful and fantastic people. Thanks for sharing your courage.
RB
My best friend send me this video today, because she said that it sounds like what I have. From watching this, I'm pretty sure that I have ARFID, though I've never been diagnosed. I've seen so many doctors, been to the best children's hospitals in the country when I was young, been through counselling, and no one has ever been able to diagnose me. It is nice to finally have a name for this thing that gets in the way.
On Tuesday, I'll be meeting with a hypnotherapist to see if there's anything she can do to help me eat other food, because I know I can't do it by myself. Here's hoping!
Its great that you did this video, because you can reach so many people and help them understand what's going on and why they are the way they are.
Do you know if there's an online community of sorts for ARFID? I want to be able to talk to people like me, that are going through the same thing, so that we can all lean on each other during breakthroughs and bad days.
I realise that I'm rambling, but I'm really glad you did this! :)
Hello! I cannot think of any groups online that you can talk to but PLEASE feel free to email me at mckaelenelliot@gmail.com WHENEVER!! my main goal for these videos is to help other people so I am here for you!
Katie W if you have a tumblr, the #actuallyarfid tag is growing and everyone there is very kind !! it makes a big difference to know that there are other people that go through the same thing as you do, especially when it's something that's just been seen as this ~strange mystery~ your whole lifewe'd love to have you there !!
+McKaelen Elliot
Is it true that people with these conditions are able to enjoy the smell of other foods even though they couldn't eat them. For instance, do you like the smell of cheesecakes? ^_^
I think I like the smell of cheesecake :) never eaten it though, and I don't plan to any time soon! Sometimes it helps if you like the smell of something. I've always loved the smell of bacon, and last year I tried it for the first time :D
+Katie W +Stardust Starlet
Hey guys! I know when I was struggling with my eating I would love the smell of the strangest things. I would love the smell of bacon and syrup but I would never want to try them. Since I've been better, I have tried those and absolutely loved them! Not sure if you knew, but 75% of your taste is in your smell, so maybe one day, if you try cheesecake or bacon you'll actually love it!
I am fourteen years old and I only eat about fifteen-twenty things. Whenever I attempt to try a new food, I have a panic attack and start choking and throwing up. I have not started therapy, but hopefully, I will get recommended. At first, I just thought it had to do with my Autism and/or OCD, but I learned that ARFID is actually linked to those two disorders. I don't want to keep living like this, and I definitely don't want to die an early death. I also have asthma, so exercise is also hard. I want to live as long as I can, so I'm praying that I get some sort of help before it is too late.
im 14 years old. I'm also not diagnosed but I'm pretty positive i have ARFID. i also have issues like this but i feel worse. i'll eat french fries, thin crust pepperoni pizza with no cheese, sweets, and some yogurts. i eat more healthy snack food type things but nothing like I'm supposed to without gagging and getting sick. I've always been so insecure about my eating and the only people in the world that know are my family and my best friend. I've always been very good at hiding it, well i thought i was. anytime i would go out to dinner id order regular food and just hide it in a napkin and pretend i had eaten it. nobody ever saw or noticed. one day, this past summer, i was at the lake with my best friend ad her family for a week. we went to a fancy sea food resturaunt and she noticed me put it into my napkin. one of the ladies who was at the lake with us noticed too. when i was in the shower they apparently researched cases like this because my friend knew i was a semi picky eater. she had also caught me several times doing this and i just didn't know. when she confronted me about it i cried so hard and i don't think I've ever been so embarrassed. she told me she found this condition (ARFiD) and when i read the description i cried so hard. like i said, I'm almost positive i have it. my parents do know how picky i am and I've been taken to a therapist when i was 11. it did nothing other then break me down even worse because she didn't know how to help me. i haven't told my parents about me thinking i have this because I'm scared to change. i don't know what to do because i don't want to go back and get more therapy. my friend tries helping but we both know it doesn't do anything. i don't have a special program like what you talked about. I'm getting more scared because I'm beginning to date and its affecting my every day life. help?
+Hailey Denise I know exactly where you are. Thanksgivings were hard for me and I would pretend to eat but hide the rest. Talk to your mom and dad, it's clear you need more help than just your friend. Yes, my friends and boyfriend at the time helped me get over my eating disorder but I honestly couldn't do it without intensive therapy. Dating was hard in the beginning.. I've always just been honest with people and told them i was picky before I would go out with them. Definitely talk to your parents and make an appointment with your pediatrician, tell him or her about ARFID and go from there. If I have learned anything, its that you need more help than just friends, its a scary process but you need as much help as you can get. Check out my other videos for more help and to see how I got over my eating disorder. Please please email me at mckaelenelliot@gmail.com. I want to know how you're doing and how you seek help. I am here for you. -McKaelen
I'm 16 and I have the same problem. The thought of eating things like green beans, carrots, meats, etc. Is repulsive. My diet lately has been revolving around just bread, cheese, a couple meats, pizza, and other unhealthier things.
listening to your story, the amount of similarities to myself in it is unbelievable. i've had it since i was about 2 and i eat the exact same foods you do. about 3 years ago when i was 13, all i did was a quick google search to come up with the name ARFID and even though back then, the community was so tiny and there was so little known, i did find a nice group of people online that experienced the same as i did. i also found out about the very strong ties between autism and ARFID and upon lots of research, realised i am most likely autistic. My story has a bit less of a happy ending though, my ARFID began to make me very sick and a few months ago i was placed in an inpatient program. due to the extreme change of surroundings and the fact that my laptop and phone were taken from me, which are major coping methods for me, i had a meltdown. i also have problems with thought broadcasting in which i have a severe paranoia of people getting into my head so i was terrified of the therapists and doctors. everyone was less than friendly and it was an awful experience for me, though thankfully insurance refused to cover it any longer and i was pulled out. although i can now deal with trying different foods just once, i have a problem continuing to eat them and i have PTSD from the impatient hospital. i'm 16 now and i'm trying to find my way on my own, but not completely alone, the internet has definitely helped me as i have found many people who also have ARFID. i am so happy for you and i know first hand how difficult it is to try and get over something that you've had so long that it feels like a part of you. i hope everything just continues to get better for you and i thank you for making this video !!
I have arfid and I have scrapped the cheese and all the toppings off my pizza sense I was small I’m so excited that someone else actually did this too!
not diagnosed, but I'm 99.9% sure that I have ARFID. I'm reasonably good at trying things (for the most part) but seeds and textures of fruits and vegetables are hard for me, and I often feel like I'm choking/I gag when I try those foods.
A lot of people aren't diagnosed so it's mostly a self-diagnosis eating disorder. I had the same problems with textures and feeling like you're choking or vomiting. But listen, I am here for you if you need anyone to talk to. feel free to email me whenever. :)
This is so me like I hate textures and seeds from vegetables and fruits are so scary to me. Like the only thing I plan to try soon is strawberries because I actually love candies that has strawberry taste...Strange...But seeds...ummmm no...:)
I was misdiagnosed with atypical anorexia when I was 9, and I would always tell the doctors I don't think I'm fat, I don't purposely restrict to lose weight, none of that. Nobody believed me. When my weight got low was put into anorexia treatment, and became suicidal because I didn't feel fat and they tried to make me admit to lying when I wasn't lying. I wasted a month and a half of my life away from home stuck in a room in a treatment facility. All I wanted was carbs and cheese. I was told I was lying so many times, until I got my guardian angel, my counselor Katy. She did a lot of research and found the diagnosis of ARFID, and I started crying because it fit me so well. If it wasn't for her, I'd not be alive.
This really helped me, thank you. I've recently been diagnosed with ARFID
Man eating disorders suck ! I uploaded my story on my channel, and a big part of mine was also anxiety, I have a social anxiety which sounds so silly to some people, but dam it runs my life : (
Brave of you to talk about it though : )
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My son is 13 and I've never heard of this eating disorder but it fits him perfectly.I even started telling people that he wasn't just a picky eater that it had to be a disorder because he is so afraid of food. We had a behavioral therapist come to our house and try to force him - it was aweful to watch so I've been much easier on him.My question is for him to change does he have to see it as a problem and want to change? Because right now he thinks it's ok to eat Nutella sandwiches for breakfast, lunch and dinner.I just want to be healthy and happy.Thanks for the information
I think he has to want to change. I have ARFID (not officialy diagnosed) but I was never working when someone else was forcing me to eat something that I didn't want (like my dad once prepared vegetables and forced me to eat xd). But those things didn't have any good effect on me but only worse effect because I would connect food with negative feelings...Now I know I want to change, I know this is not the situation I wanna be in forever. You just have to let you son get to the point where he wants to change and where he wants to try new food (without anyone forcing him). Maybe if you made smoothies for him that would help get him closer to goal...:) Maybe instead nutella he can try eat some other brand like nutella that offers other flavors...:)
He does have to want to change. I have ARFID but I used to think my lifestyle could be completly sustainable. I'm not sure how old your son is, but really pushed me to get help was envisioning my life in college, as I'm 18, and how I might have to go to a buisness meeting and I really don't want to have to panic about the menu options. Try to get him to see the bigger picture with life and his eating disorder ❤️
Hi McKaelen!
Im Laura and I found your video really helpful!
I also have this eating disorder however in Ireland this eating disorder is not well known.
When I was 10 I started to develope this eating disorder. The thoughts of some foods would bring me to tears. My family woulg get really fustrated with me for not eating and would make me feel so guilty. But it was only because they were worried. I became really ill from not eating well that I had to have weekly injections at the age of 15 for a few months. My doctor kept telling me that I would get over it and it was just fussy eating and would grow out of it. However she was wrong. I got worse. At 19 I was back on my injections and became so weak I would catch every bug going. I also went through pneumonia for weeks on end. I was so ill and sick so I went back to my doctor who sent me to a clinic for eating disorders. The clinic where I attended sounds very like yours. However because I sometimes make myself sick over my food I am being told I am on the bulimia scale and see my therapist every week who like your therapist is truly amazing! . I also suffer from anxiety and have made the decission to stay in the clinic for six weeks to try and help myself get better because I am truly fed up, scared, and alone.
It was nice to hear I am not alone and that you made it though this!!
Thank you!!!
My 5 year old daughter is about to be evaluated for AFRID and start therapy. Thanks so much for sharing your experience. ❤️
Thank you for taking the opportunity to start early. Any updates on her?
+An Authority Figure We are currently on a wait list to begin therapy. ❤️
Very inspirational, I feel like I can relate to you. Keep making videos.
Thanks:) I know I don't know you but if you subscribe you can see more videos that I'll make in the future ;)
thank you. I have suffered so much ARFID
I'm 13 and I have always been really picky. Most of my friends and family know, but it gets annoying when my grandma tells the waitress how picky I am. I can't do anything too mushy, too crunchy, mostly bread, fruit, noodles, and my mom started making me have protein shakes. It's hard telling someone I'm picky because they try to relate, but when they watch me eat they realize it's worse. I can't go out with my friends, eat at school, eat dinner with my family, and thanksgiving is torture. Just yesterday I googled eating disorders and found ARFID. I haven't told my parents yet because my dad keeps saying he won't be surprised when I pass out from malnutrition or end up anorexic. I'm normal weight but it is really annoying only eating the crust and sauce of a pizza. I'm not sure I have this or if it really just is picky eating, but I'm also too afraid to find out. I feel like if we did get a diagnosis, they would just say it's picky eating and I would then have to live with it or something. I always thought I would have grown out of it by now.
+Piggy Plus Hi sweetie, I completely see where you're coming from. I was so embarrassed to go out and eat in front of other people, and like you said, thanksgiving is torture. From what I hear I think you have ARFID. I know its scary to be diagnosed with something, but its also a good thing. That means help is on the way. I was always a normal weight and height and my doctors all said I was perfectly normal and most doctors don't have a clue about ARFID. Talk to your parents and see if you can go to the doctor and ask them about ARFID. You might not feel like you need or want help, but the fact that you google searched it and came across my video means you're ready for some kind of help. I hope this helped and I would love to keep in touch with you and see how your journey goes. Feel free to email me at mckaelenelliot@gmail.com. Hope all is well
+McKaelen Elliot thank you :) I think tomorrow I will ask my parents
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Thanksgiving is torture as well. The only thing I eat is a bread roll. Or my parents would have to bring me McDonald's. I hated eating in public. I'd always feel embarrassed. What I would bring to school (when I went, I'm homeschooled now) was crackers. And a teacher came up to me and said: Next time bring a sandwich. I was about to cry because I realized I was different and not excepted.
I'm 18 and have ARFID. Recovery is possible. You can get help and expand your diet. I used to pack a PB&J sandwich to every social food gathering ever. And I've had chicken nuggets for thanksgiving as long as I can remember. If you feel like you would want to eat more variety but mentally can't bring yourself to do so, you should talk to your parents. I wrote mine a letter ❤️
So i'm 16 and i'm really tiny. I'm 5'0 and 75lbs. I don't eat a lot. I either don't get hungry, or I do but eat just a little and then get full, sometimes when I won't even eat when i'm hungry because there isn't any food available that I feel like eating, or I just simply can't find the motivation to actually get something to eat. I've been this way my entire life and I never realized it was a problem until people started making fun of me for being so skinny and it made me really insecure people would call me anorexic but I know i'm not because that would imply that I don't eat a lot in order to loose weight but and I would acctually try to gain weight but it's just so hard. I also have a hard time finding clothes that fit. Nobody seems to understand and I never understood what was wrong with me. I wasn't diagnosed with ARFID but it's the only thing that makes sense.
just got diagnosed with this today thank you for making this video
I have ARFID too. Happy to not be alone ♥️
I also have this my safe foods are ramen/pho/any noodle soup besides chicken noodle, kimchi, apples, green beans, potatoes, tofu, peanuts, rice and seaweed sometimes French bread only when it’s warm
I recently went to see someone called Felix Economakis about this in london, (the heath therapies if you want to look it up) because i had it too, and you literally go in there for an hour and i've had this for 16 years but an hour later it was gone. This isn't some sought of advertising thing i just wanted you all to know there is help available because i know how much it affected my life and i thought there was no way out. It was quite expensive (about £280) but to be rid of ARFID for the rest of ur life its not that bad. There are three easy steps he goes through with you and the third one you can either be fully hypnotised or like me, fully conscious and awake and just talking to him (yet it works). I had to take 10 new foods with me and i cried when he asked if i would ever try them. One hour later and i ate every single one. My mum came in with me and cried too, she couldn't believe it. He's so lovely and understanding, he can do it through skype for everyone around the world! Xx
Anyone from Arizona who knows a therapist? I have this, I called it selective eating, but my gag reflex is so bad I won't try anything, prefer to starve. This is ruining my life. Thank you.
PS. My son is also struggling and my brother did also into adulthood but he mostly outgrew it, my son not so much (he's 16 now) but who knows, maybe he can find a good councellor like yours.
I think there's a link between epilepsy and picky eating! It's got to be intestinal!
Kathryn94 what?????
Is it possible to develop this during adolescence? Most cases I’ve been researching are from childhood? But I’m beginning to think I’m slipping into this or something similar (in 15). Idk how much of a picky eater I was as a kid though. I do have social anxiety and depression, that I’ve been officially diagnosed. There are certain foods I will not touch if they are in certain states (ie; I will not eat tomatoes if they are chopped up and thrown into like a salsa or chili -spelling?- or whole UNLESS they are cherry tomatoes. I also refuse to eat steak/most meats unless I like the texture. Just stuff like that) and I’m not concerned with appearances like a lot of eating disorders. so am I just super picky? Can you develop this after childhood? I really hope I don’t come off as someone who diagnoses themselves with random stuff they read about once on Tumblr, so sorry if I do 😅
I've been questioning it too, I'm 16 and think I have it, I haven't been like this that long though, it's a long story but I'd be happy to explain
I'm 12 and I have been a picky eater all my life I almost fill like my brain is messing with me I might like something one day then all of a sudden my favorite food becomes my worst food if there is a weird smell to it then I try eating it again I gagg then I get scared of the food.
I'm 28 years old and have AFRID and like you it started when I was a toddler. Just curious since its been a couple of years if you have expanded your safe food list farther? Hope you are well ❤
Yeah I'm pretty sure I have this cuz Im like the worlds pickiest eater like I'll gag if I don't eat my 5 main foods like I can't stand anything else and it's really hard going places and them not having anything I'll eat
I have a 10 year old with ARFID. She really wants to be free of it. Can you make a preteen video I can share with her?
I have the same thing! (Yes i was diagnosed)It is really the worst ... I only eat about 5 foods ...
It honestly gets easier. I am planning on making more videos in the near future so keep an eye out. If you need to contact me you can email me at mckaelenelliot@gmail.com and I will try my hardest to check it and respond. I wish you the best of luck!
Wow your brave McKaelen, Keep trying please, like, we just want you to get all your vitamins and proteins and stuff, cause according to science or whatever, our bodies don't make all that. You could get away with vitamins and shakes or something but in the long run like you don't want to get addicted to processed foods or something and plus all the Gourmet restraunts (spelling) shun that stuff and they're the ones who make the best tasting food and I'm thinking everyone should be able to go to a Fancy place at least once and while and just get whatever they want or try something new and be amazed! Anyways BOL
hi i am nearly 12 and have an ARFID eating disorder and i was wondering if you could help me. I suffer from being scared of eating food. firstly i don't know how to eat it even though i was eating properly 2 months ago until i had a choking incident on chewing gum 1 morning and can now only eat dairy: yoghurt,milkshakes , different flavoured milks, fruit puree, but nothing with bits or solid food. I am going to a psychologist who is really nice to me but i feel really scared of always going to her office and trying new foods at the moment i am trying water melon which worked yesterday but i am struggling today which normally always happens when i have something different to the diet i am having now. What are your best strategies on getting around this without being scared of food and anxiety? Thanks AB
Hello, first off I want to thank you for watching my video and coming to me for help. I know how hard it is. I had problems with my gag reflexes and I could gag every time I would try something new. Now, for the anxiety, honestly what I do, is ask myself "what's the worst thing that could happen" and then I list them. then I ask myself "what's the best thing that could happen" then I list them. Next, you compare and contrast and 100% of the time, the good stuff that can happen, overrules the bad. Please email me, I will give you my number and I will text you and help you through everything. I am here for you.
Do you remember me? We were in gym together when I was in 7th grade and I think you were in 8th. Yea long time ago haha well I'm proud of you! Miss you
Yes oh my god of course I remember you!! I miss you so much!!
Omg I was diagnosed today!!!!! Have diff symptoms but diagnosis is the same. I eat little because I'm scared of vomiting/stomachaches.. Anyone relates to this?
If you ever want to talk, don't hesitate to shoot me an email.. I just want to help people get through this and give them the strength they need to recover!
Inspiring! Thank you! I have the same issue, really bad. :(
I was diagnosed with ARFID yesterday
Let me know if you need to talk. I would be happy to share my experiences with you.
where in az do you live?
I think he does know you
Mckaelen I really was impressed with your youtube video about your ARFID. I'm the founder of the website www.pickyeatingadults.com that has been on the internet for over ten years. Our support groups number in the thousands. I applaud your efforts to get better. I did notice that some therapist told you that you have it because your mother almost had a miscarriage. That is the first time I have ever heard anything like that. While I'm not a medical professional I really think you probably got it in your genes that you have. Look very carefully around your family and see if there might just be someone else you are related too who also shares some of your issues. Tell your mom it's not her fault. Also you are welcome to come to our webpage and join our support groups. We would love to hear from you. Way to go McKaelen
i thought if you have arfid ur skinny af but i guess not
Guess not!:)
@Fat PumPKin I honestly feel pity that you needed to make a smart ass comment to feel better about yourself.
If you have ARFID you might only like veggies and fruit. You might only like french fries period. Being selective about food doesn't mean you don't eat food. I'm sorry but you're incredibly stupid and i hope this video educated you
What would make you think that? Just because they can only eat certain food doesn’t mean they don’t eat a lot of it. Plus a lot of Arfid people’s safe food can be pretty fattening
You could be living on cake and chips, like they said being seletive doesn't mean you're selection is healthy.