ARFID: Strategies for Supporting

In this video, I dive into the world of ARFID - Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. Join me as I unravel the mystery behind this often misunderstood condition, exploring its definition, prevalence, and impact. Discover the differences between ARFID and anorexia, and gain insight into the causes and triggers that contribute to this unique eating disorder. We'll also discuss the warning signs to look out for in children and practical strategies for supporting a child with ARFID, offering a glimpse into the complex yet manageable journey towards a healthier relationship with food.
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[@splashesin8]

My friend will sometimes gently wake me up, or try to see if I am awake by softly talking on the outer wall where she knows I might be, letting me know she's going to knock or will be back shortly to knock and to open the door a crack and she has something for me. She's explained she's fine if I can't or am simply oblivious or too asleep. It isn't always food, and sometimes she just needs to let me know a tentative plan for possibly traveling with her in a day or two. She sometimes hands me a shake or a burrito or something but it is generally something she knows I do like without the things I avoid on them. She did this the other night, which did help. I don't know how she knew. She sometimes does this when she's in a drive thru. She does it with other friends to. It could be a new pack of socks or underwear or a thing she spotted at a garage sale. My mom would use art like cooking projects, where it would be closest to the next holiday scheme or shapes.

[@splashesin8]

Wow, I'm just recognizing having lived this way as a kid all the way into adulthood, and still sometimes. Other things were adding some additional situations to eating for me in early teens, which have resolved more in the last twenty years. However the part you just described from the beginning is still somewhat with me. I try things sporadically again that I go back off eating when I feel like it's just going to be wasted with my current predisposion of illness just thoroughly thinking about actually eating it.

[@splashesin8]

The bit where your talking about lots of things to do with sort of too much cognitive load already to have to think about what to prepare yourself to eat, is for sure a thing I relate to, in regards to even "What am I not too tired to chew now?".

[@fishfish7985]

8, 9 , 12 before stroke pretty much all of them after