#anyway if you judge or make fun of “picky eaters” please die immediately

[stellanix]

food is a fundamental and important part of the human experience, which is incredibly frustrating for someone like me who has ARFID/severe sensory issues with food and a lot of trauma associated with food

i can handle things fine most days as i live alone, but whenever i'm traveling or socializing things become difficult

if i'm hanging out with people, i'll often have to figure out my own situation with food because i usually can't eat what everyone else wants to eat

when traveling i often struggle to find safe food and skip meals as a result

and when i do get to eat safe food with other people, i constantly feel anxious and scared of being judged because of how my own family made me feel like a freak for having such a limited diet my whole life

the "joys" of trying new food in an unfamiliar place or sharing a meal with friends are things that i cannot comprehend as joys, they're ordeals i have to struggle through multiple times a day

food is a fundamental part of the human experience, but i'm fundamentally alienated from it