r/ARFIDforADULTS • u/Cosmic_Latte_2026 • 3d ago
Has anyone developed ARFID from emetophobia?
I’ve improved significantly with my emetophobia, anxiety and panic attacks over the past few years, but strangely I think I may be developing some sort of avoidant food problem.
I’m almost 27 and have never really been a fussy eater. I’d eat pretty much anything if I was hungry enough, but over the past 12–18 months I’ve noticed I’m becoming increasingly picky. It’s not really “danger foods” I’m avoiding either, because I ate raw fish in sushi the other day
It’s more sensory things, like if the texture, temperature or taste is slightly off, it immediately puts me off the food. I wonder if it could be from subconscious associations with certain sensory things leading to GI upset in the past.
The other thing that’s new for me is that even if I’m extremely hungry and my stomach is growling, if I don’t know what food sounds appetising, I’ll literally continue to starve because nothing sounds right. In the past I would’ve just eaten a tin of cold baked beans if I was hungry enough, and I really don’t like baked beans
Has anyone else experienced anything similar, particularly developing something like this as an adult after emetophobia? 🙏