#PTSD DID linked ED and seeing ppl reduce it to Autism Symptoms the Disorder makes me want to gnaw my own legs off

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Ppl learn about ARFID as a label and really think that it is like "Autism Texture Problems: The Disorder" But it REALLY is not that at all and the autism-adjacent symptoms of it are actually only a small surface level observation of the experience of having said disorder... like ARFID is not JUST caused by and/or correlated with autism. It's literally an eating disorder. Like any basic knowledge on the general subject of eating disorders makes it extremely clear how common the association between EDs and trauma is and ARFID is no different. I rly want you to sit and actually read about symptoms of ARFID BEYOND the ones people describe as being related to autism like , the ones that actually mark it as a legit disorder, like weight loss, significant nutritional problems, and severe impact on social and mental wellbeing. It's beyond having problems with textures or seeming needy, it's being unable to eat for like substantial amounts of time without throwing up involuntarily, being perceived as oppositional and belligerent for trying to avoid throwing up or having flashbacks/panic attacks when forced into certain meals etc, When it runs cocurrently to other disorders it looks like having your entire ability to eat completely dictated by the rest of your mental wellbeing - I would not have been able to feed myself the past few months given the rut i was in if i did not have a family that has had to work with my like extremely insane diet and help support me when my functioning totally bottoms out. Like. It's not Picky Eating the disorder it's 500x more than that