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colliegrace
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12 Nov 2023, 12:23 am

I got curious and asked my mom about my eating habits as a kid, cuz I've been saying that I wasn't too picky. Apparently I was very wrong!
According to mom, my diet was extremely restricted until I was about 9 or so. To the point it absolutely caused nutrition issues. I do remember seeing the Dr at like age 6 or 7 and him saying that I was having symptoms of poor nutrition.

Am I right in attributing this to autism or even ARFID? I'm hesitant to think of it like that since I did grow out of it fairly early.
I have a decent range of foods I will eat now. There are foods I refuse to eat due to appearance, or texture, or taste - maybe even a lot of foods. But I definitely don't think it's to the point of an eating disorder these days.


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12 Nov 2023, 12:35 am

Short answer: Yes you can.


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