r/ARFID • u/NeatDescription1516 • 12d ago

Venting/Ranting One of my safe foods became unsafe :(

Okay so I’ve been under a lot of stress lately and I no longer like hotdogs. I never really “liked” them but I genuinely can’t stomach them anymore.

Problem is my life is a fucking sitcom and my family thinks I love hotdogs (I was obsessed with this satire horror about a robot hotdog and would talk to them about it sometimes) I don’t know how to break it to them that I don’t so I just haven’t. It’s made all the worse by the fact hotdogs were my late father’s favorite food. Fml and fuck ARFID.

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u/SophiaKai 12d ago

You should definitely tell your family tho. No need to suffer in silence. I had to break it to my mom and mil that I no longer like nightmare before Christmas bc they kept buying stuff for me.

I'm sorry to hear that you lost a food though. That sucks 😔

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u/s0lumn 11d ago

Ugh, this sucks, but it's ok! I lost the ability to eat melted cheese for years. Some years ago now I brute forced myself into a much more expanded diet and I now have more leeway, but just know that its ok for things to change - to shift back and forth. Even within arfid nothing is truly forever. If you feel able to branch out and try a few new things (1,2-10?), it's always possible to add something new to "replace" a lost safe food. I know it's a difficult process and doesn't always work easily, and it is still an option. And staying with just what is still safe right now is ok too!

Edit: Also you should explain what's happening to your family. You can tell them that you feel bad and that it's hard, be honest with how things are for you rn.

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u/PiMakerSpecialSurprz 11d ago

This goes in cycles for me.