I don’t have ARFID. I’ll happily eat some pretty ridiculous crap.
Despite this I’ve noticed recently that some foods just… Trigger my gag reflex?
My sibling makes this sour kraut sausage pasta thing. There’s still a container pretty full of the stuff and just sniffing it now makes me gag.
The surplus “Mom’s Meals” in the fridge at the mental heal center I go to that resulted in my last post. Thinking about those things genuinely make me feel nauseous now.
Ramen noodles. I enjoy trashy food, but I can’t stand those things now! Even with adding hot sauce I’m just like “NO!”
The pattern I’ve noticed is that the foods in question were never good in the first place. They were merely “alright”.
If it tastes good, well, I can eat them on repeat a good few times.
But mediocre and bad foods I can eat them a good few times, but eventually I find them nasty.
Interesting stuff.
Well… why eat shitty good if you can eat good food?
Trash Ramen noodles tast like shit and I would only eat them if required for calories but I wouldn’t see them as proper food
The texture of most vegetables when boiled is intolerable.
Gotta blanch plus sautee your veg. Or blanch and roast. Or just stir fry. Only time to boil veg is if you are gonna make a veg stock and discard the veg that has given up its flavor to the water.
I can relate to a lesser degree, I have a very difficult time with agrums, eating them too fast can make me gag and I refused to eat them when I was little
Is it textural or taste related?
Both, but texture plays a big part.
