How Eating Chips Ruined a 17-Year-Old's Life

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  • Опубликовано: 30 окт 2024

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  • @BlissBatch
    @BlissBatch Год назад +4472

    As an extremely adventurous eater, avoiding foods to the point of blindness is something I have trouble even imagining.

    • @electrowave114
      @electrowave114 Год назад +331

      Put it this way: Imagine someone is trying to make you eat broken glass, and acting like you're just 'being picky' for not being able to tolerate sharp glass shards.

    • @foxbuns
      @foxbuns Год назад +157

      @@electrowave114 as someone with ARFID this is a pretty accurate description.

    • @pebblesfern7294
      @pebblesfern7294 Год назад +31

      @@electrowave114 It really be like that

    • @thepotatoofheaven
      @thepotatoofheaven Год назад +50

      @auraguard8978 i dont follow , is there a fear that different food would cause you legit harm? i thought it was just strong discomfort from food like eating organs or foods with a abnormal texture

    • @silverfox9004
      @silverfox9004 Год назад +114

      @@thepotatoofheaven I wouldn't call it a phobia. for me at least, its like my body rejects the food and makes my gag reflex trigger, sometimes making me almost throw up. it can be triggered by all kinds of things but mostly texture, like unexpected hard or slimy parts. not sure why it does this but its not fun

  • @caomouse8829
    @caomouse8829 7 месяцев назад +1449

    Mom: "If you don't eat right, there will be consequences"
    Kid: (Gone blind)
    Mom: "SEE"?

  • @wickedishiccy7621
    @wickedishiccy7621 5 месяцев назад +248

    Maaaan I was a lucky lad. I was the same way untill around 16, picky, picky, picky. Then I had a scare with prediabetes, and my retired nurse grandma took matters into her own hands, and showed me what life of a diabetic was like. Then told me it's not too late now, change your diet and life style right now. It scared me straight, and I began to eat whatever was in front of me. Some things were pretty Gross, but I actually enjoyed a lot more things. A few weeks of eating properly and I immediately saw a difference in energy levels and my general feeling. Diet is a lot more important to a happy life than most other things in it.

    • @xpearlcc
      @xpearlcc 3 месяца назад +3

      im really happy for you!

    • @ew1usnr
      @ew1usnr 3 месяца назад +5

      You had a good grandmother.

    • @Frostbite-u9y
      @Frostbite-u9y 2 месяца назад

      I just don’t like vegetables, but I know I have to eat them to have to be healthy

    • @-SOFIA-li4br
      @-SOFIA-li4br 2 месяца назад

      @@Frostbite-u9y lots of people don’t like them but I certainly do and we all have to eat them

    • @-SOFIA-li4br
      @-SOFIA-li4br 2 месяца назад

      @@Frostbite-u9y just like u said

  • @sugarcoatedslaughterhouse4937
    @sugarcoatedslaughterhouse4937 Год назад +911

    Good demonstration of the difference between being picky and disordered eating. Once it starts affecting your health, it’s definitely not just “picky eating”

    • @ruffandrelax290
      @ruffandrelax290 Год назад +38

      It’s saddens me, the blindness we as a society have with mental illness when it relates to eating

    • @pavook
      @pavook 5 месяцев назад +17

      A picky eater is usually avoiding some food items (like ew broccoli example), not 99% of the food...

    • @wilmer360tv
      @wilmer360tv 5 месяцев назад

      @@pavookbruh I will stand by vegetables ain’t good for you, causes a lot gas and bloating, and I undereat. Just eat a carnivore or Keto diet. I can eat just meat and eggs for months and nuts and berries during September only

    • @wilmer360tv
      @wilmer360tv 5 месяцев назад

      @@pavookI meant to say in case you misread meat with nuts and berries, but nuts and berries I will only eat them in September.

    • @honor9lite1337
      @honor9lite1337 5 месяцев назад

      Ok

  • @kristynspray6823
    @kristynspray6823 Год назад +1362

    I worked with someone who I believe had this. She would eat mashed potatoes and Cheetos for lunch every day and talked a lot about how she only liked a handful of foods. Fortunately, she talked to her doctor and learned she was malnourished and, after that, was able to tolerate drinking protein shakes and taking vitamins to supplement her diet.

    • @ediblecrayons2382
      @ediblecrayons2382 Год назад

      I wonder if she has a form of high functioning autism/ SPD? Do you know if she was repulsed by other foods with different textures than chips and mashed potatoes?

    • @kristynspray6823
      @kristynspray6823 Год назад +23

      @@ediblecrayons2382 it's possible. I don't remember if she said it was a texture thing, a flavor thing, or both.

    • @msmaria5039
      @msmaria5039 Год назад +53

      At least she's getting nutrients.

    • @TheUltimateRare
      @TheUltimateRare Год назад +24

      yeah i might have arfid cause i HAVE to eat vitamins to keep myself from going blind.

    • @kristynspray6823
      @kristynspray6823 Год назад +5

      @@TheUltimateRare definitely could be!

  • @brummieinbristol522
    @brummieinbristol522 10 месяцев назад +19

    I used to work with Denise Atan and she is incredible. She is a lovely doctor and very knowledgable. it is a very lucky patient who gets her x

  • @KaijuEdits875
    @KaijuEdits875 Год назад +1693

    As a person with a chef dad, theres no way i could ever prefer junk food over his cooking

    • @milkqt666
      @milkqt666 Год назад +110

      Your lucky, my mother didn’t cook anything for me and I basically had to eat school food

    • @HaleStorm1998
      @HaleStorm1998 Год назад +21

      You’re **

    • @Rashadplayz21
      @Rashadplayz21 Год назад +17

      Same my mom makes delicious food and I’d eat anything that she cooks 😋🤤

    • @randomvids4975
      @randomvids4975 Год назад +2

      Me to

    • @paganini18
      @paganini18 Год назад +7

      yo my mom makes food so good she doesn’t want to become a chef bc of how much me and my other siblings enjoy her foods

  • @Diphyidae
    @Diphyidae Год назад +864

    I found out about ARFID a few years ago and was overcome with the relief of having an answer to why it was so hard for me to eat so many foods. It's taken a lot of therapy and anti-anxiety meds to get to a point where I can try foods here and there without a full blown panic attack. Getting people to understand that it needs to be done at my own pace and that it's not just "being picky" is a constant fight.

    • @fivedeads4247
      @fivedeads4247 Год назад +32

      Once you go through rough times and have nothing else to eat but the things you are grossed about you will no longer have this illness, remember your ancestors, honor them, be like them

    • @sanna9062
      @sanna9062 Год назад

      @@fivedeads4247... Dude. That isn't helpful at all.

    • @Allen1350
      @Allen1350 Год назад +3

      🙋 I understand you.

    • @ying5798
      @ying5798 Год назад +11

      Ive been vegetarian ever since childhood, it was because of my nanny who was also a vegetarian, she only cooks vegetarian food for me, then slowly i started to love veggies and avoided meat, when i reached 12 i was diagnosed with anemia

    • @crowdemon_archives
      @crowdemon_archives Год назад +38

      @@fivedeads4247 sometimes psychological barriers are so great you'd sooner see the sufferer dead as opposed to eating anything that trigger a very very strong aversion.
      As for me and my share of "picky eating", I'd sooner gut a rabbit lol

  • @poseidons_child.
    @poseidons_child. Год назад +9

    “I’d don’t know how so many people know what soap tastes like.”
    *Me when I was kid having my mom shove soap in my mouth for misbehaving.* “Yeah who would know what soap tasted like?

    • @ss3nm0dn4r8
      @ss3nm0dn4r8 11 дней назад

      yeah that wasnt good didnt help I actually liked the taste as a child

  • @anzelaiv
    @anzelaiv Год назад +247

    ARFID, anxiety disorder and selective mutism defined my childhood. Still, the psychiatrist I was referred to after an unexpected claustrophobic episode concluded that there was nothing wrong with me after spending 20 minutes talking to me. Back then, I thought that adults who kept repeating that nothing was wrong with me were on my side.

    • @kissmycombatboots
      @kissmycombatboots Год назад +1

      I'm sorry you went through that. I hope that your life is much improved now.

    • @beesknees2594
      @beesknees2594 Год назад +21

      I have all of those conditions too. It's so strange how people tend to victim blame or be so passive about these issues, including doctors and psychiatrists. I, for the most part, have never received any long term treatment and it's persisted into adulthood.

    • @Literallyryangosling777
      @Literallyryangosling777 Год назад +3

      Did a psychiatrist diagnosticated it later?

    • @jas_bataille
      @jas_bataille Год назад +2

      I"m so sorry :(

    • @marco.castiglia
      @marco.castiglia 5 месяцев назад +5

      How tf are you even supposed to survive without modern techs with your syndromes?

  • @HyperWolf
    @HyperWolf Год назад +675

    I’ve got ARFID but I am kind of lucky in that my mom was super cool about finding options when she realized my main issue was textures and bitter flavors. She would cook my veggies to just the right amount of softness that I could eat it. I also never had junk food as a kid so my safe foods were all vegetables and fruits anyway and I really liked the way she cooked meat so I had a pretty balanced diet.
    She never forced me to eat anything but encouraged me in a calm way that reduced my anxiety. I actually remember being scared when one of my childcare teachers tried to force feed me a boiled egg and then tried to lecture my mom on how she had to make me eat food even if I didn’t want to. But my mom knew she had the right way and instead got angry that the teacher had made me cry by trying to stick the egg in my mouth. My mom knew I’d only eat eggs one way that she learned by cooking eggs in a lot of different ways so that I could see which way the texture didn’t bother me.
    My main struggle these days is the lack of interest in food. If no one reminds me, I can go weeks with only a tiny snack each day, up until I feel like I’m dying and look back and realize how little I’ve been eating.

    • @field_of_stinging_nettles
      @field_of_stinging_nettles Год назад +82

      That teacher is horrible, you shouldn't be shoving food in young children's mouths and forcing them to eat it.

    • @evilspyke5760
      @evilspyke5760 Год назад +34

      what would you do if you grew up in a part of the world where you didnt have a choice? do you think you would have developed afrid? overcome it? or just died because you didnt like the texture?

    • @Jb4226phiboshngll_eiuwarudo
      @Jb4226phiboshngll_eiuwarudo Год назад +36

      @@evilspyke5760 well they don't live in that world

    • @lukoog1425
      @lukoog1425 Год назад +2

      @@Jb4226phiboshngll_eiuwarudo how?

    • @acakecat7581
      @acakecat7581 Год назад +45

      It makes me sad to say but you were quite lucky with your mom. If only there were more people, even parents who'd be more understanding towards their own children.

  • @niyoleo
    @niyoleo 3 месяца назад +55

    Never give children under 5 processed foods.

    • @Quarter000
      @Quarter000 2 месяца назад +8

      *under 13
      but no one listens

    • @Hartzblue
      @Hartzblue 2 месяца назад +3

      ​@@Quarter000 I think it's under 5. Just like once a week (if their old enough) and after good behaviour. Because there will be a point even before 10 where children get influenced by other children and will have junk food at school, accordingly with other children.
      So it's better to just introduce your child to show a variety of food, and also provide sweets and a bit of chips because after all, they're gonna find out one way or another and are more likely to get more obsessed and eat more secretly even if the parents don't allow it. So it's more helpful to simply teach them the difference between healthy and unhealthy food and to make sure they know that junk food is more of a treat and to have at low quantities or at special occasions.
      When having picky eaters, it's better to introduce vegetables in lower quantities first mixed with rice to gt them used to it and to also decorate the food in a way it looks fun and good. Once their used to eating veggies you can give them junkfood time to time, but also keep a healthy relationship with veg at the same time.
      Overall its a parens choice whne they want to introduce junk food, but should know the child will find out one way o another. And without giving them a proper education with food, the child will have a bad relation with both food and the parent for gate keeping things.
      (English isn't my first language and also sorry for the essay. This is my opinion and I suggest its def not compulsory or certified or anything, it's it's what I'd personally do.)

    • @Yuriartist_124
      @Yuriartist_124 2 месяца назад +1

      @@Quarter000karma be coming to those who don’t care

  • @faelosopher
    @faelosopher Год назад +1985

    I’ve had arfid my entire life, everyone always laughs at a limited diet but it’s literally a medical thing that is personally influenced by smell and texture a lot, or just general strong aversion. I could never explain it and got judged a lot. The part about avoiding stuff or making excuses hits way too home. Thanks for bringing attention to this

    • @azmanabdula
      @azmanabdula Год назад +22

      Do you ever try new foods?

    • @lexshia
      @lexshia Год назад +107

      @azmanabdula i think they might want to try. But must have been hard to do. Eating disorder is hard for sure.

    • @MrStreetninja007
      @MrStreetninja007 Год назад

      Sounds like someone needs therapy

    • @jasminecollins897
      @jasminecollins897 Год назад +119

      @@azmanabdula people with ARFID are often genuinely unable to try new foods without having panic attacks, vomiting, and experiencing other severe symptoms. It's not a matter of avoiding things because they just don't like them in the way you'd usually think. It's like being expected to try eating something that's not even food, like if someone told you that you needed to eat styrofoam or a bowl full of mold.

    • @jasminecollins897
      @jasminecollins897 Год назад +68

      @@syaondri there are therapists who work with folks who have it. Pushing people to just force the foods down generally doesn't help and can actually make it much worse, so I'd suggest avoiding that and looking into a therapist who has experience with this.

  • @003055km
    @003055km Год назад +572

    My brother went through such a depression, that he only ate pasta, pizza, meats like a whole pack of bacon and only mtn dew. Our dad led him down that path... now he is dead at 34. Lesson learned, make sure your child has a varied enough diet to not cause heart failure. Also give them structure besides a Playstation and watching sports.

    • @eugeneng4470
      @eugeneng4470 10 месяцев назад +32

      Oh my I'm so sorry for your loss

    • @Hotcheetowithdrawals
      @Hotcheetowithdrawals 7 месяцев назад +11

      Thank you for shairng and sorry for your loss is it okay if I ask how much he weighed?

    • @mynameisGail
      @mynameisGail 7 месяцев назад +7

      Aw , sorry to hear that. God rest his soul 🙏

    • @nobody-uc9yr
      @nobody-uc9yr 6 месяцев назад +7

      R.I.P. for him

    • @DuncanL7979
      @DuncanL7979 5 месяцев назад +6

      Realistically someone could survive indefinitely off of those things you listed just fine. I think volume and frequency of eating may have been the culprit.

  • @theemoturtle7002
    @theemoturtle7002 Год назад +388

    my mom had this disorder, and it was frankly embarrassing for her. you know how when you order a burger, and they put pickles on the side, if the pickle juice even SLIGHTLY touches the rest of the food, she sends it back and wants the whole thing remade. and she would know if they didn't. she said that she feels like a d*ck when she did that, but that was just how she was. and i do believe that ARFID was the root cause of her death in 2020. love you mom.

    • @NoLimitBucko
      @NoLimitBucko 10 месяцев назад +31

      Sorry for your loss man RIP🕊️

    • @theemoturtle7002
      @theemoturtle7002 10 месяцев назад +23

      @@NoLimitBucko thank you. I just hope my mom's story helps someone out there. That's what she would want

    • @muffer62816
      @muffer62816 7 месяцев назад +7

      rest in peace your mom🕊️🕊️🕊️

    • @theemoturtle7002
      @theemoturtle7002 7 месяцев назад

      thank you@@muffer62816

    • @RajikaAjit
      @RajikaAjit 7 месяцев назад +5

      Sorry for your loss man RIP🕊️

  • @mustwereallydothis
    @mustwereallydothis Год назад +698

    We have had a significant degree of success correcting "picky eating habits" of many children with a single, very simple, and gentle technique.
    We had one rule. Every child had every part of the meal put onto their plates. If they didn't like something we simply asked they put a tiny amount of it into their mouth and keep it there as long as they liked. Then they had the option of discretely spitting it into a napkin or swallowing it. We never made a big fuss either way, though we would quietly acknowledge if they did swallow a food for their first time.
    Mind you, these were young children whom, if they had any emotional or behavioral issues, they were minor. Narrow and rigid eating preferences were always a secondary issue. I would never recommend this method for serious eating disorders without personalized, professional consultation and support. It was simply a technique we learned from a professional which we used because it helped the children in our care.
    ...Almost always.
    There was that one time an unusually compliant child vomited instantly after putting something in her mouth. She then immediatly tried to put a second bite into her mouth, somehow thinking she needed to spit it into a napkin properly to have completed the task correctly. Thankfully, we were already unsure about the situation and were close and attentive enough to stop her. She was comforted and assured she would never again find that particular food on her plate. Needless to say we felt like monsters. We also learned to trust our instincts a bit more.
    After that incident we altered the rule. If a child was extremely afraid of trying something we would encourage them to simply touch it to their tongue briefly and held a clean, moist cloth nearby for them to wipe any traces away if they needed it.
    We also planned to allow for one or two absolute "NO" foods for those who needed them, though we never encountered another child who required us to implement it. The kids appeared the view it as some sort of a game.
    It seemed to make them feel empowered. They never needed to feel pressured or shamed into eating things they didn't like. Maybe they felt they finally had complete control over some aspect of their lives. I can't say for sure. All I know is that we had a lot of giggles at mealtimes and they learned how to expand their pallets without unnecessary trauma.

    • @DannyD-lr5yg
      @DannyD-lr5yg Год назад +71

      Your compassion and perceptiveness makes you a credit to the human race. Thank you for sharing about your experiences 💚

    • @snowwonder9814
      @snowwonder9814 Год назад +53

      Cool story! I can relate to the vomiting kid because my parents used to serve us coleslaw along with fried chicken when I was a kid (as the healthy item) and coleslaw has a combination of my least favorite textures and foods, all mixed together: slimy yet crunchy, and cold, and cabbage, raw carrots, and mayonnaise will always be some of my least favorite foods.
      I would try to swallow the coleslaw and immediately I’d get a strong, strong muscle spasm to puke! A couple of times it came up in my mouth and I was so embarrassed because I wanted to be a good kid. I’d rather eat cilantro (which tastes like soap) because at least the texture isn’t bad and it doesn’t taste and smell of farts!
      I’m able to eat plenty of healthy food though (despite having adhd) because my mom (herself having adhd though not knowing this at the time) started experimenting with the idea that healthy food can taste good and trying new things out. Training your brain to think healthy = tasty can really make a big difference in having a healthy diet. It’s an uphill battle to this mindset but it gets easier over time, which is key to remember.
      I still don’t like coleslaw though!

    • @Silentgrace11
      @Silentgrace11 Год назад +17

      This is definitely an awesome way to handle it! My mom definitely had the whole “if I make it you eat it” mindset, but turned it into a bit of a “game” as well, because each week she’d have us choose one new fruit or vegetable to try. Then she’d prep it (well, the best she could - we couldn’t quite Google recipes, and her old cookbook isn’t all encompassing by any means) and we’d try it. Definitely went over a lot better than some techniques I hear about, and for the most part there aren’t many foods my sister and I are picky over.
      That’s not to say there weren’t some fails though. The fam still makes fun of me for how I actively vomited the time we tried pea soup, my mom outright vetoed okra the second she realized the texture was stringy, and we all deemed Brussel Sprouts the Bain of our existence lol. But it’s a lot of fun, warm memories.

    • @mustwereallydothis
      @mustwereallydothis Год назад +8

      @@Silentgrace11 Even though I've never met your Mom, I think I love her. She seems like the kind of person I could be best friends with.

    • @saraw8490
      @saraw8490 Год назад +18

      My parents did nearly the same thing. I just had to try a bite, and food was never used as a punishment. I also always had the option to get myself something else to eat. I'm nearly 30 now and can really appreciate that I have no childhood trauma related to food. I was just born a picky eater, and as I grew older I became more curious about food. I needed to know it was safe, first. It's hard to explain, but it really does feel like an issue of safety when being forced to eat something your brain is telling you not to.

  • @canisferus
    @canisferus Год назад +203

    I had a friend that I knew since we were kids, he had that disorder and he died aged 37 because of it. It was classified as "self negligence".

    • @ComedyPlastic
      @ComedyPlastic Год назад +24

      That's really tragic. I hope he rests in peace and that you're doing alright.

    • @pizzaroll5022
      @pizzaroll5022 Год назад +3

      Was his name bill maxer?

    • @congnghequansuvn474
      @congnghequansuvn474 6 месяцев назад +7

      soft parents lead to short-life kids

    • @creativename2567
      @creativename2567 5 месяцев назад

      That's true tho

    • @Whocares158
      @Whocares158 3 месяца назад +1

      Neutral section at it's finest.

  • @helenluka948
    @helenluka948 5 месяцев назад +12

    It’s very true. All kids and teenagers should know that Thank you for spreading that news

  • @Tailslol
    @Tailslol Год назад +84

    after being badly sick when i was kid. i had an extremely bad picky food disorder. my step father encouraged me during years to start to taste anything before judging them. he encouraged me for years and made me try tons of different foods. yea i m still a picky eater and avoid some stuffs. but i discovered so many other foods, my disorder went mostly away. some person like that that never give up are just pure gold.

    • @alhariri82
      @alhariri82 Год назад +5

      my sister used to only eat rice and yogurt and pretty much NOTHING else, but now she eats pretty much everything due to my father helping her. plus my cousins both used to only eat rice and yogurt but now they eat more foods outside their comfort zone

    • @lezty
      @lezty 7 месяцев назад +2

      Ever seen disorders like this in the old days? Yeah these disorders are caused by society

    • @AkuRoblox-lt7mv
      @AkuRoblox-lt7mv 5 месяцев назад +2

      That's the key. Even if a food makes you feel sick right now... Doesn't mean it will in the future. You just gotta train your brain step by step by exposure over and over and eventually you can decrease the disgust response

    • @Tailslol
      @Tailslol 5 месяцев назад

      @@AkuRoblox-lt7mv yes this is true too, taste is changing ,there is things i hated when i was a kid but tasted again and now i love them. My best example is the date fruit. Their strong taste was making me puke them instantly but now day i can take 4 to 5 of them in one go. Thanks you all for the support!

  • @gunnasintern
    @gunnasintern Год назад +4451

    How Watching Brew Caused You To Be Alone On Valentine’s Day

    • @JustLeeo_yesitsme
      @JustLeeo_yesitsme Год назад +71

      Alone?

    • @wintersotero9749
      @wintersotero9749 Год назад +150

      Aww sorry to hear that,I am here with my gf at our meeting place which we chose 'cause of the Free WiFi Just having a lil picnic😌

    • @JoaquinBauman
      @JoaquinBauman Год назад +265

      Watching Brew didn't cause me to be alone
      I'm watching Brew because I'm alone

    • @yourfellowpancake6335
      @yourfellowpancake6335 Год назад +111

      don’t worry, your assigned fbi agent is still watching you

    • @JayWalk_Official
      @JayWalk_Official Год назад +127

      @@JoaquinBauman None of us are alone, we're all watching Brew together

  • @DearQt
    @DearQt Год назад +29

    In 2018 I lived a very unhealthy life, basically holed up inside of my room, eating junk, barely any variety and so on. Over the year I noticed my eyesight degrading and now 5 years later I still can't see more than a meter without glasses
    So yea, I guess I was just that malnourished to the point of my eyesight degrading

    • @PraveenSrJ01
      @PraveenSrJ01 11 месяцев назад +6

      Hope you are doing better 5 years later in November 23’

    • @AkuRoblox-lt7mv
      @AkuRoblox-lt7mv 5 месяцев назад

      Good job

  • @XblackkingdomX
    @XblackkingdomX Год назад +108

    My aunt never eat vegetables so she died at young age by heart issue. Human need to eat it to live longer and have a good health.

    • @glorytogloryministries8198
      @glorytogloryministries8198 5 месяцев назад +3

      I'm so sorry for your loss 😢🥺

    • @notrius7754
      @notrius7754 2 месяца назад +1

      my father never eat vegetables and he's still in great health at age 62 even though he exists on nothing but meat and pasta. Its all genetics my dude.

    • @XblackkingdomX
      @XblackkingdomX 2 месяца назад +1

      @@notrius7754 I'm sure he has a shorter lifespan. Keep bragging like it's a good thing. But it's just an excuse for not eating vegetables my dude.

    • @notrius7754
      @notrius7754 2 месяца назад +1

      @@XblackkingdomX Humans were literally never eating any vegetables till like the middle ages, its an invention from around a millenium ago, and people in ancient times could live up to a hundred years old in some cases. Its true that in some people (mostly those with blood type A) not eating vegetables will have a negative impact on thier health, but for people with for example blood type zero a diet low in vegetables will do much better for their health since none of thier ancestors ever ate any vegetables, only meat and carbs, so thier digestive system accomodated to it and a diet low in meat and carbs will lower thier life expectancy, look it up.

    • @XblackkingdomX
      @XblackkingdomX 2 месяца назад

      @@notrius7754 It's ridiculous that you compare a different lifestyle from the past and present. They use all their energies to find foods so they have long lifespan. They choose to eat meat bc they are driven by cultural habit or craving for taste.

  • @PandaMom9230
    @PandaMom9230 Год назад +35

    My daughter has ARFID and it’s a BIG struggle for all of us. Never knew it could effect the eyes. She didn’t get her first tooth until she was 2.5 YEARS old because she had such a bad food aversion due to severe GERD as a baby. She associated food with pain, even after getting her on medication to control it. Her lack of nutrition caused her to be malnourished and her body was using the calories to aid growth in critical areas, but not her teeth. But it’s also hard to eat when you don’t have teeth. She wasn’t even on the growth chart until she was around 4.
    She’s now 13, taller than me, and super healthy! But there’s still a handful of foods she’ll comfortably eat. Supplements are a blessing in her case!!!!
    She is also on the spectrum and has SPD, especially anything involving her mouth.

  • @ninademci1500
    @ninademci1500 7 месяцев назад +12

    Brew, this was informative. Thank you. I look forward to watching your videos.

  • @rafaela.cardenas-heredia9127
    @rafaela.cardenas-heredia9127 Год назад +125

    I have had ARFID for as long as I can remember. For many people, ARFID makes food seem repulsive, as the video mentioned, but in many other cases, like mine, it can also make food seem threatening. For many years, the main reason I didn't eat was because I felt an immense fear of choking on food, which even led me to go a whole year without eating anything other than semi-solid (mushy) or liquid foods. Over time, the disorder has changed for me, and the fear of choking has decreased a bit, but a new fear that certain foods will cause me anaphylaxis has settled in as my main cause of food avoidance. As a result, I can no longer eat mushrooms, crustaceans, shellfish, any type of nuts, and some other foods. Just the thought of them, even while eating something completely different, causes me to experience allergic symptoms such as itching, skin redness, or a feeling of obstruction when breathing and swallowing. ARFID has made me go for weeks only taking a few bites of food a day and suffering from extreme hunger, despite having a full pantry. I've also experienced occasions where I've vomited so much that I've bled from my esophagus. It's not as easy as saying "you've never experienced need" or "you're just being spoiled." It's something that comes from within your brain, and you wish it wasn't there.
    It's worth noting that there's precedent for people dying from this mental condition. One famous case is that of Kurt Gödel, one of the most prominent mathematicians of last century, who died of starvation after refusing to eat anything his wife didn't prepare for him. His fear of food being poisonous was so intense that he eventually stopped eating altogether. This shows that ARFID is not something to be taken lightly or approached from a patronizing perspective of the sufferer being a spoiled child. It's a serious psychiatric condition that can have severe consequences.
    Thank you Brew for bringing awareness to this condition and shedding light on the struggles that ARFID sufferers face.

    • @me-thebusta610
      @me-thebusta610 Год назад +6

      I really just eat to live.

    • @stasiagoro8720
      @stasiagoro8720 Год назад

      My sister battled ARFID. She would only eat Pop Tarts, cheese, crackers, and drink Dr. Pepper. You can imagine how that affected her over time: She was a very picky eater as a kid and so was our dad. So our mom would only cook things he would eat.

  • @ApricotStone
    @ApricotStone Год назад +78

    Reading about symptoms, this has always been a condition I’ve been worried about for myself, but the explanation at 5:30 makes so much sense and puts my mind at ease LOL

  • @Rayzer_0i
    @Rayzer_0i 10 месяцев назад +9

    brew has the most intriguing videos but scars you for life

  • @sagechasm
    @sagechasm Год назад +110

    I have ARFID and early in the video I was thinking, “this doesn’t sound like picky eating, this sounds like ARFID…” and then you talked about it! So happy, usually people just call it picky and don’t go any further. Thank you for bringing attention to the disorder!

    • @zanmolecules4105
      @zanmolecules4105 Год назад

      @cookiecia2905I envy your perseverance

    • @adoomyxx
      @adoomyxx 5 месяцев назад

      I also have arfid

  • @_kirbmaster_6609
    @_kirbmaster_6609 Год назад +498

    Someone became blind from only eating chips and fries... that's interesting. I'd think that only eating chips and fries would have other consequences, but not becoming blind. This is going to be a very, very interesting video. I can tell.

    • @wintersotero9749
      @wintersotero9749 Год назад +19

      "interesting"??? That horrible like ...Uhhh sad news.

    • @The_Man_In_Red
      @The_Man_In_Red Год назад +38

      A crippling case of spuderiffic potatoitis, yes.

    • @arcaeae
      @arcaeae Год назад +75

      @@wintersotero9749 they never said it wasnt sad, they're just saying that the side effects were interesting.

    • @XenoflareBahamut
      @XenoflareBahamut Год назад +27

      ​@@wintersotero9749I think what he meant was that he is intrigued to the topic.

    • @danteshollowedgrounds
      @danteshollowedgrounds Год назад +6

      @@wintersotero9749 It's simply pretty messed up because not everyone has heard of something like that and will handle it differently just from hearing such a thing.

  • @CrazySpruiker2001
    @CrazySpruiker2001 Год назад +4

    I have ARFID. While it's less extreme than other cases, I avoid most vegetables, and I haven't eaten a banana since 2005, when I was 4 years old. Ironically, I enjoy tomato paste/sauce and passata without problems, and I only started eating lettuce and peas around 2017/18. Even then, I sporadically consume said vegetables.

    • @AkuRoblox-lt7mv
      @AkuRoblox-lt7mv 5 месяцев назад

      What would happen if you forced yourself to take a little tiny taste of a banana every day for a whole year? (I assume your brain would become used to it over time)

  • @deepa3610
    @deepa3610 Год назад +33

    There’s such stigma around picky eating that it’s harmful. Thanks for shedding light on ARFID!

  • @aquasomethingyouknowwhatever
    @aquasomethingyouknowwhatever Год назад +24

    i have arfid, a lot of people seem to think it’s just picky eating but it’s so much more than that. it makes life so much more difficult. there are so many foods that i can’t eat because of the texture or the smell or the look of it. i didn’t discover that i have arfid until relatively recently, and it is definitely a relief knowing other people experience this, but growing up not knowing what was wrong with me was incredibly hard.

    • @AkuRoblox-lt7mv
      @AkuRoblox-lt7mv 5 месяцев назад

      What happens if you force yourself to just have a little taste over and over again over a long time. Does it eventually blunt the repulsive response? (This is what I think would happen)

    • @aquasomethingyouknowwhatever
      @aquasomethingyouknowwhatever 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@AkuRoblox-lt7mv it’s a texture thing, not a taste thing, it’s not really like conditioning your taste buds to like the taste of something

  • @mkstchanlan7924
    @mkstchanlan7924 11 месяцев назад +5

    I've had this ARFID since i was a kid. This is really troublesome for me as a kid. One of a few food i eat include chips and at school i would always have a pack of it to eat with my meal. People later noticed this a lot and would teased me which make me feel really self-conscious about it. Have trouble eating out with my friends because i am picky. Mom would help me find other food that i might like. Fortunately, I am not limited to only one food and was able to eat other food but i am still a picky eater.

  • @LucariosTrainer
    @LucariosTrainer Год назад +53

    a friend of mine admits he pretty much only eats quesadilla, grilled cheese, cheese pizza, and mac and cheese. i thought he was joking when i first heard it, as it was my first introduction to this level of ''picky'' eating.

    • @niconii3663
      @niconii3663 5 месяцев назад +1

      why is it always warm cheese.. its funny bc those are the types of food i avoid/am picky with. but i would eat pretty much anything else. lol

  • @sup_my_bwana
    @sup_my_bwana Год назад +59

    My friend was like this for the longest time. Legit just ate fries chips and dried cereal until he was like 15. He did eventually need glasses 🤔 now I gotta text him and ask if he broadened his meals

    • @triggerhappy4199
      @triggerhappy4199 Год назад +2

      I’ve been wearing glasses since I was a kid and whatever I ate hasn’t affected me

    • @Melonsmellowmelons
      @Melonsmellowmelons 3 месяца назад

      @@triggerhappy4199same

  • @Snake-yx1dq
    @Snake-yx1dq Год назад +2

    My neighbor former coworker has gone half blind from alcohol use. He couldn't tell me what dr said but this fits bill.

  • @Allen1350
    @Allen1350 Год назад +119

    I am ASD. I can really empathize with these people. I have a mild case of this disorder, I think. Certain textures make me 🤢 feel sick. The smell of vinegar is even worse than the smell of a skunk, in my opinion.

    • @ruoazquara6070
      @ruoazquara6070 Год назад +11

      Try being left out in the wilderness with nothing I promise you’ll be cured

    • @Allen1350
      @Allen1350 Год назад +38

      @@ruoazquara6070 did you experience this miraculous healing? Are you speaking from experience? I might try that some time, if that really works.

    • @samanthaedvalson5648
      @samanthaedvalson5648 Год назад +7

      My son is ASD as well, and he is only 3 but I worry about his picky eating already. He cries if I offer him food off a spoon and I think he has food anxiety. I try to make sure he feels in control and offer him a variety but he knows what he likes.

    • @Allen1350
      @Allen1350 Год назад +13

      @@samanthaedvalson5648 I can understand. I have digestive sensitivities that I'd rather not explain here, so, I have that comfort zone of foods I know won't make me sick. I wish you nothing but the best, and may things go well for your son. 🤗

    • @leeguo9443
      @leeguo9443 Год назад +20

      @@ruoazquara6070 I mean someone might eat it just to survive, that doesn't mean they'l be fine with it or they'l eat it once their body doesn't need every litle thing to survive. Peoplehave ate many non edible things like leather when they are starving that does not mean they will eat it once they are not starving?

  • @Hambumer
    @Hambumer Год назад +44

    this happened to someone i know, he would refuse to drink anything but coke for like 2 years until he started turning blind, but he didnt stop for a year or so until his lower body was paralyzed and he needed to be in a wheel chair

  • @evelyncaldwell4590
    @evelyncaldwell4590 7 месяцев назад +2

    Brew your videos really make my day and gives me advice❤

  • @russellmiller2256
    @russellmiller2256 Год назад +11

    Thankyou, I'm 43 years old and have suffered from this condition my whole life. I now have a name for it.

    • @toomanymarys7355
      @toomanymarys7355 Год назад +1

      Go to a feeding clinic to understand how to use exposure therapy to get over it (at least mostly). It's a choice to stay that way.

    • @probablypositivity8918
      @probablypositivity8918 6 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@toomanymarys7355 It can take decades for many to mostly get over it. It is not as simple as being a choice.

  • @wutang80oc39
    @wutang80oc39 Год назад +222

    One of my army buddies was a hardcore selective eater to the point he had phobias of certain foods like ketchup. He only liked to eat pretty bland foods like a plain hotdog, bacon, toast, and chicken. I never seen him eat a vegitable before. One time me and a bunch of the guys in our unit had put together a pool of 300ish euro that would br given to him if he'd eat some ketchup, he almost did it except he puked the second the packet was open. I had no idea until your video it was an actual disorder.

    • @Supreme_Lobster
      @Supreme_Lobster Год назад +11

      In what world are hotdogs and bacon "plain"?

    • @neztech.
      @neztech. Год назад +30

      @@Supreme_Lobster those foods are extremely plain

    • @Nacaer
      @Nacaer Год назад +8

      Maybe it's a local thing or a USA thing?but bacon and sausages are very tasteful and I actually perceive them to have very strong dominant taste overpowering other stuff. I have even taken bacon off a burger lately because it masked the other ingredients.

    • @tomtroy3792
      @tomtroy3792 Год назад +4

      @@Supreme_Lobster in my world there plain I do not put any condiments on them

    • @chimyshark
      @chimyshark Год назад +1

      @@tomtroy3792 you literally don't understand the meaning of "plain" :(

  • @valuablewizard
    @valuablewizard Год назад +3

    I always had this problem. I'm very afraid to try new food and I wish I could just put the vitamins straight in me without trying new food.

    • @FirstLast-hd4oe
      @FirstLast-hd4oe Месяц назад

      I Only Eat Sandwiches but it had Lettuce and stuff so I'm fine

  • @zombies.in.space.
    @zombies.in.space. Год назад +21

    i ate potatoes for the first time 10 years ago now, when I was 9 years old, and I tried honey mustard (i’ve never had mustard before) for the first time in the last few months at my current job. i also ate my first breakfast sandwich ever as well this year. i have had arfid for as long as i can remember, and nothing my parents or anyone else did when I was younger and continuing to now has ever helped me, except for me going to therapy and learning to take baby steps of slowly trying new foods like once a week. i’m 19, weigh around 115-120lb, im male, and I’m about 5’7 I believe. living with this eating disorder has been very very hard to say the least, i mean honestly it’s been a nightmare and almost no one around me has ever been able to even grasp the concept of me being afflicted by this involuntarily.

    • @bennekin
      @bennekin Год назад +4

      Omg I have ARFID too and I’m the same weight and height as you?!? How tf

    • @zombies.in.space.
      @zombies.in.space. Год назад +1

      @@bennekin ​ i’m honestly just really shocked talking to someone else who has arfid too let alone the rest of it !

    • @TheGuindo
      @TheGuindo Год назад +2

      i'm 37 and have been dealing with ARFID all my life as well. Me, my little brother, and my dad all have it with the exact same trigger foods and texture issues, which is kind of wild because i barely even saw my dad until i was an adult. living like this _sucks._ and the worst part is people thinking that we restrict our diets like this _by choice,_ and we're just being whiny about not liking certain foods. it's so difficult to explain to them that it's not the same thing as when they don't like a specific food. that for us it's closer to having an allergy. except instead of an anaphylactic reaction, we gag and throw up.

    • @wintersprite
      @wintersprite Год назад

      How did trying those foods go? Honey mustard is the only kind of mustard I like. I can eat yellow if it’s mixed with ketchup enough.

  • @TheOfficialTarynTots
    @TheOfficialTarynTots Год назад +34

    My friend's son had this issue which I hadn't heard of beforehand. He ended up getting help starting around age 4 and within a year was eating normally. There was still a couple foods he didn't want to eat but that was understandable.

    • @amokay746
      @amokay746 Год назад +1

      That really smart, they started early.

  • @terrycuyler5659
    @terrycuyler5659 11 месяцев назад +11

    I experienced a lot of food insecurity as a kid so I rarely refused anything even if I thought it was gross I learned to eat what was put in front of me. And if I refused to eat something I just went without . Hunger and having no idea when I'd eat again traumatized me into fearing hunger more than taste and texture.

  • @joshsl3169
    @joshsl3169 Год назад +131

    when my mother was in residency, she had a case almost exactly like this one! Kid was exhibiting strange symptoms, and they couldn't find the cause. Turns out he had severe b12 deficiency and scurvy! Luckily, he healed after, with no long-term symptoms.

    • @raven4k998
      @raven4k998 Год назад

      maybe it was that one actually

    • @raven4k998
      @raven4k998 Год назад +1

      @Benny but that's not enough to save you from mal nutrition🤣🤣🤣

  • @BlackredHonor
    @BlackredHonor Год назад +14

    brew on his way to post a video about how a city literally exploded and burst into flames because a random 15-year-old sat on his chair too fast

    • @darkbooger
      @darkbooger Год назад +3

      Knowing the quality of some "gaming" chairs it isn't impossible, but highly improbable.

  • @ilaac.
    @ilaac. 5 месяцев назад +4

    This type of eating disorder can be linked to autism and i suffered from it from a child to late teenagehood. i ate nearly nothing but spaghetti, toast, and chocolate. Other food STILL isnt tasty to me, but understanding how insanely unhealthy it was to have such a limited diet was enough to get me to eat other things. it was time to stop acting like a picky child and start taking care of my health. Health is more important than food taste/texture.

  • @MindlessMagic
    @MindlessMagic Год назад +21

    0:12 you know I kinda like it how chips works no matter where you live

    • @Shaura-ej8pq
      @Shaura-ej8pq 4 месяца назад +2

      Me who literally has a puppet base Made out of a Pringles can:

    • @TheWorldsLargestOven
      @TheWorldsLargestOven Месяц назад

      ​@@Shaura-ej8pqAre you a part of the OSC?

  • @blairberry6257
    @blairberry6257 Год назад +12

    People that don't know me well constantly call me a piky eater. I actually have medical issues wich results in not bring able to digest red meat, fibreous foods, most fruit and vegetables, almost all grain etc. I also have issues with certain textures, smells and taste to a point of vomitting. I also have severe allergies to pineapple, Kiwi, latex and grass. I can't touch grass because I'll break out in hives where my body touched it. Usually people stop pestering me about stuff once I explain to them but not everyone.
    Because of my diatary restrictions, I do take a lot of vitamin and mineral supplements and other medications as well.
    I am diagnosed with anxiety but I'm being checked for ADHD but it is not diagnosed. I don't have an intelectual disability or autism.

    • @amethyst_cat9532
      @amethyst_cat9532 Год назад +3

      Odd question: have you ever tried smoothies or pureeing some foods? I can sometimes get myself to eat foods I otherwise can't (autism texture issues) by hiding them in other things or adding them to a concoction. Might not work for things with very strong flavors, but different cooking methods can affect texture as well. Hope this helps, and if it doesn't, I hope the pain eases soon.

    • @Ixarus6713
      @Ixarus6713 Год назад +4

      Not sure if I have the condition but I used to be very picky when I was a kid and vegetable soup really helped.
      Self explanatory really, just blend it into a soup and it tastes pretty good.
      Another technique is to make gravy or some kind of flavoured sauce with every meal, then blend in the stuff you won't eat. Now you *will* eat it.

  • @zaqgamingstuff
    @zaqgamingstuff 7 месяцев назад +9

    3:22 the vegan teacher going blind soon

  • @midnightflame7731
    @midnightflame7731 Год назад +15

    So this entire thing explains why I've had a few eye doctors ask about my diet.
    I am underweight due to me struggling to eat. I also forget to eat sometimes.
    I was born with eyesight problems. Astigmatism, squint, lazy eye, short sightedness are what I have. My eyesight is able to be fixed with glasses. But because doctors see that I am underweight they ask if it's due to my diet.

  • @dazmondpeeler283
    @dazmondpeeler283 Год назад +18

    Brew your videos are SO entertaining keep it up 🙂❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @Aydensufianthestreamlined858
    @Aydensufianthestreamlined858 Год назад +6

    0:31 look at that lil fellow in the backround he is very cute ngl

  • @polygonvvitch
    @polygonvvitch Год назад +17

    Me and my ADHD make me have a very mild case of it. I struggle to the extreme with fruits, mainly because I can't handle sourness. Thankfully vegetables are plenty easy for me, so my eating is fairly healthy overall.

  • @haileybalmer9722
    @haileybalmer9722 Год назад +50

    I've had a lot of luck helping my friends with this. My method is to find out what they like to eat and make that, so they feel comfortable eating the food you make. Then, when they're comfortable with it, introduce a small amount of a food that's not on the list of things they'll eat. I find it's best to cook it up with food they already like, and to have something on standby that they can eat if they don't like the new food. That takes a lot of pressure off of them. Usually it goes pretty well. They'll eat a small amount of the new food, feel kind of overwhelmed, and move on to the safe food, but the feel good about trying the new food out later. They'll usually try it a couple more times before they can just eat that food without any problems. Then you can move on to foods that are like that food. You just have to be patient. I've helped a couple of people who were food avoidant become run of the mill picky eaters.

    • @Shibesuke
      @Shibesuke Год назад +4

      That sounds like what I do with my cats lol

  • @BNSF2012
    @BNSF2012 10 месяцев назад +1

    heres a potatoe joke what did the chip deliver on his truck proTANE hahahahahahahahahahahaha

  • @bigbriangaara7461
    @bigbriangaara7461 Год назад +25

    2:47 bro really stuck that meme in 💀

  • @magnumopus8124
    @magnumopus8124 2 месяца назад +1

    The sad thing about this condition is that as you get older, it stop being picky eating and becomes a mental issue. As someone who struggled with this since a child, I've come to realize that is was more than mere picky eating, especially when i tried new things and my body did its best to reject whatever new thing i attempted to eat. I've gotten better over the years, but compared to normal ppl, I'm still lacking, but i take things to make up for my lack of nutrients. Hearing alot of what was said really hits home, especially the social aspect of it.

  • @elliecassar1881
    @elliecassar1881 Год назад +30

    this is random but it is very true that depending on how the child is raised, thatll be their diet
    as a kid i had a old friend, and my whole life ive liked healthy stuff like fruit and i only like candy ocassionally (its always after eating a healthy thing, i just think it tastes better that way)
    the old friend was the definition of candy obsessed, whenever i had meals with her shed refuse to eat anything (and it wasnt because of my fathers cooking, most of the time shed bring leftover spagetti from her own place that her mother made her, she still refused to eat it)
    it was like the only thing she ate was candy, im suprised she loves the dentist
    she was like 1-2 years younger than me and we met when we were really little, so it seems like as her parents did when she didnt eat anything, the old friend was given candy all the time because she refused to eat her meals
    oh also about that helping children eat healthy thing, i dont think snack schedules would help correct me if im wrong
    im not a parent myself but snack schedules feel like the parent is forcing the child to have a snack even when theyre not hungry, being forced to eat meals kind of makes sense (is still a little bad though) but snacks? nope

    • @ShutupandListen
      @ShutupandListen Год назад +1

      I can’t even tolerate fruit anymore😭

    • @elliecassar1881
      @elliecassar1881 Год назад +1

      @@ShutupandListen ;-;
      i feel bad, fruit is so good

    • @llamawalrushybrid
      @llamawalrushybrid Год назад +3

      Yeah he was listing things off and didn't go into detail but I think what he meant is "Mom can I have pretzels?" "Not until after 3:30, can you wait that long?" Not that "it's 3:30 please eat something"

    • @jairogordillo6349
      @jairogordillo6349 Год назад +1

      Interesting because for me it was both, as a kid I would eat anything put in front of me to the point that if there was nothing to eat I'd usually just put a thin row of beans on a tortilla and eat it like a taco and when I was home alone and couldn't find a meal to eat I'd eat the produce including eating onions like an apple or other things like that and I'd just at salt and lime juice to it. And now as an adult my diet is almost strictly white meat with dark meat on occasion and bland carbs like rice quinoa and maize with a sugary drink. And I only drink sugary things when I eat because if I'm not eating anything I just drink water but I can't drink water when I eat cause it ruins the taste of my food and then I can't eat anymore

    • @elliecassar1881
      @elliecassar1881 Год назад +1

      @@llamawalrushybrid still that seems bad, i personally wouldnt like it
      maybe i just never had a snack schedule since despite im hungry a lot and end up eating barley anything i actually have a healthy diet nautrally

  • @sieshae
    @sieshae Год назад +5

    i’ve had ARFID since 2 years old, only recently diagnosed in 2021. i only eat bread, chips, and chocolate, and cheese on bread when melted. it’s affected my social life heavily and has affected my weight my whole life. i never would have thought i could go blind from it. i’m happy to hear ARFID be talked about more in the mainstream, after not knowing what was wrong with me for so long, and not being listened to by doctors.

    • @toomanymarys7355
      @toomanymarys7355 Год назад +2

      Go to an eating clinic to learn how to use exposure therapy. It's a choice to remain this way.

    • @fareastslav
      @fareastslav 2 месяца назад

      🤡

  • @Wolfiee7002
    @Wolfiee7002 28 дней назад +1

    The fact I just had McDonald's and this pops up on my feed right after getting home, oh no 😭💀

  • @vaszgul736
    @vaszgul736 Год назад +75

    "I don't know why so many people know what soap tastes like but to each their own"
    Two options: either got way too curious about "soap smell good so must taste good" as a small child and learned the hard way, or were one of those kids who "got their mouth washed out with soap" for saying the no no words

    • @fungo6631
      @fungo6631 Год назад +16

      Ever heard of showers?

    • @lucienfortner841
      @lucienfortner841 Год назад +3

      I got soap shoved in my mouth once cause my "mom" didn't like the way I yawned.

    • @succubliss379
      @succubliss379 Год назад +6

      Showers make soap get into my mouth....but also got my mouth washed out with soap and pisses off my parent by eating the soap lol
      They never did that again xD

    • @BloodSweatandFears
      @BloodSweatandFears Год назад +3

      I accidentally drank water out of a glass that wasn’t rinsed. Now I have to smell every cup before I use it 😅

    • @gruntgamer4204
      @gruntgamer4204 Год назад

      Or they've just got a thing for soap 🧼

  • @zethcrownett2946
    @zethcrownett2946 Год назад +11

    Thanks for taking about this. I have way too many connections to this video.
    1) I struggle with food & tried talking with the food specialist person at my school but because it had nothing to do with body image it was completely written off. I would suspect I have a lesser struggle with ARFID because a large portion of it for me is food avoidance due to texture and smell. There are textures of food that make me gag and feel like puking and just the thought of it destroys any appetite I night have been able to muster up having because I don't tend to get regular "you need to eat" signals. I barely even get stomach pain. It mostly just makes me tired. I've been working my way around it though as I'm content with the texture of smoothies so I blend and juice my fruits and veggies to try and help balance my diet more.
    My fiancé used to not eat veggies because they had a gag reflex and subsequent, negative interactions with it after that. But I helped them find veggies they could actually enjoy and helped over ride the negative associations with some positive ones.
    I also know someone who doesn't eat fruit because the taste is so inconsistent it messes with them.
    I feel like if what it is they like in the thing they eat vs what they can't do in the thing they're avoiding is understood, it's easier to find and build up work arounds to help balance out their diets.
    2) the info on wet macular degeneration is wild because my mom has that at an unusually young age. She'd always been good about fruits and veggies, even when we could barely afford to survive, but with her type 2 diabetes diagnosis & drs not listening to her struggles of how nothing was working, the only foods she became allowed to eat were largely meats and eggs and nuts. Which would've opened the door for nutrient deficiency to impact her eyes. Now she has to get stabbed in the eye every month to slow the progression.
    When I'd talk with my eye drs about it they noted its highly genetic and very aggressive and is the sort of thing they're finding to happen younger and younger. But I now wonder how much the food factors into it, because kids are raised with their parents eating habits.

  • @Madcattus
    @Madcattus 5 месяцев назад +1

    I'm so glad that junk food were not available at the table when I was young. I used to be a picky eater but outgrown it on my adolescence. It's either eat the food the parents made or not eat anything at all. My parents also never forced me to eat when I don't want to, but still asked me to taste the food they made.

  • @Silentgrace11
    @Silentgrace11 Год назад +22

    “Im not sure why so many people know what soap tastes like, but to each their own.” Alas, Brew is apparently not among the slew of us whose parents put soap in our mouthes as a punishment for back talking and/or cursing lol.
    Plus like, it just happens when you’re showering sometimes, tbh.

  • @Unconditionalloveunlimited
    @Unconditionalloveunlimited Год назад +6

    This diagnosis has saved my life in so many ways. Diagnosed at age 54 was crazy, very happy to get ANOREXIA off my chart. NEVER had body image issues it is more emotional than that. I have issues with texture and I am down to 2 items I can eat. IF you get diagnosed young it is reversable but since I am in my 50's this has changed everything I do including the Food therapy.

  • @cyanayt5917
    @cyanayt5917 3 месяца назад +6

    4:59 Literally inf breakfast for him

  • @allisonsoucy3208
    @allisonsoucy3208 Год назад +13

    We know what soap taste like because we’re part of the wash your mouth out generation 😂

    • @crowdemon_archives
      @crowdemon_archives Год назад +2

      Meanwhile I can't remember if I tasted soap due to curiosity or accident lol

  • @Iflie
    @Iflie Год назад +19

    You'd think they'd at least have put him on some miltivitamins, potatoes are pretty amazing though, he didn't get scurvy, though they didn't say what he drank.
    I was a picky eater as a kid with anxiety around trying new foods but I think that may be related to being a super taster as I mainly had issues with vegetables at first and very seasoned foods. But through repeated exposure I learned to love both and food is not scary when you have a wide variety of experiences to base taste of a new food on. It was thinking something new might taste really bad and that made it scary. The first times I ate pizza I scraped the toppings off and like the crust, it was too much for me but a bit of the taste was nice. I didn't have texture or visual issues with food.

  • @JAMESBE_Bread
    @JAMESBE_Bread 4 месяца назад +1

    How Pooping a Frog Ruined a -180,000,000-Year-Old’s Life

  • @MiiTina
    @MiiTina Год назад +13

    I know someone who eats like this. He is absolutely disgusted by fruit and vegetables (maybe it's a phobia). I don't know how he get his nutrition, but I decided not to ask, because this must be a not easy topic and he's an adult. I hope it gets better someday, without irredeemable health issues. He is other than that a nice person.

    • @TheGuindo
      @TheGuindo Год назад +3

      as someone with ARFID who absolutely can't stand the texture of 99% of all fruits and vegetables, the answer is multivitamins. i take a multivitamin to try and make up for everything i can't get through my diet.

    • @jackoh991
      @jackoh991 Год назад +1

      He is[other than a medical condition] a nice person. That's a weird take

    • @MiiTina
      @MiiTina Год назад +3

      @@jackoh991 I meant that like: "I hope he won't get seriously Ill in terms of his condition, because I think he is a nice person ." worried. I said it wrong, because I'm not a native English speaker and I just woke up at this time.

    • @wilmer360tv
      @wilmer360tv 5 месяцев назад

      Vegetables yes but fruits taste good. If I didn’t have diabetes type 2 I would eat fruits I just eat carnivore or stick close to keto.

  • @Katekyo504
    @Katekyo504 Год назад +21

    I actually had this case brought up cause my diet is similar to the kid. But as I was older I made it a point I was abnormally fine. I assume I was self aware of my lack of nutrition and bought myself some multivitamins. Neat to know selective eating disorder was updated

    • @AkuRoblox-lt7mv
      @AkuRoblox-lt7mv 5 месяцев назад +2

      I don't think multivitamins can entirely fix a very narrow diet

  • @limwengfatt5004
    @limwengfatt5004 5 месяцев назад +1

    Me: **doesn’t like vegetables**
    Also me: **watches this video**
    Also also me: OH MY FUC*ING GOD
    Also also also me: **eats 10 salads in 1 second**

  • @luciferpyro4057
    @luciferpyro4057 Год назад +6

    Not being a picky eater is one of the few things my parents taught me as a child that I am thankful for. They would get mad if I left anything on the plate uneaten as a kid, save for anything that I am allergic too, I just wish I was allergic to dried frozen peas which inaddition to being bitter gave me dry mouth and blisters, which lead to my nasty habit of pouring water generously to my meals.

  • @crowdemon_archives
    @crowdemon_archives Год назад +22

    On another note, I find it interesting that if I'm the one preparing the stuff that I am already not particularly interested in tasting, it just turned into a situation where I'll either end up actually enjoying the thing I made, or it get trashed because it's still extremely off-putting (or once: I salted it too hard whoops).
    And I guess that's also how I discovered my love for using certain mushrooms, or how I made cauliflowers actually edible to me, as opposed to a white mash with an awful taste accompanying it.
    (haven't figured how to deal with broccolis yet though, because the same method I used for cauliflower just turned said broccolis into a nigh inedible salty mess)

    • @ThatDudeWeird
      @ThatDudeWeird 5 месяцев назад

      Have you tried broccoli raw with ranch?

  • @Anonymous-py2ou
    @Anonymous-py2ou 5 месяцев назад +2

    Next video be like: "A 45-year-old man ate 37 Lithium Ion Car Batteries. Here's what happened to his Prostate."

  • @kristenhill4243
    @kristenhill4243 Год назад +13

    Now it all makes sense. I also eat alot of my foods "dry" I can't handle the way any type of sauces or dressings smell. I think smell mostly effects me. If I don't like how it smells I can't eat it. I've always been "picky" and I've had ocd and anxiety since childhood.

  • @overlordz12
    @overlordz12 5 месяцев назад +1

    I learned as a child to eat foods that I favored least first, and then save the best portion last. That eating behavior carried on into my adulthood.

  • @weegeedollgaming
    @weegeedollgaming Год назад +7

    2:10 - Why Can't you See I'm Legally Blind? (Meme)

  • @kated3165
    @kated3165 Год назад +13

    I spent a month eating nothing but oatmeal and baked potatoes and my hair started to fall out and I did not look too healthy... no idea how someone can even survive several years eating nothing but fries and pringles!

  • @salma_me9852
    @salma_me9852 7 месяцев назад +1

    I thought i was the only one who ate junk food my entire childhood, yet at age 15 i started to experience fatigue and headaches i also noticed how terrible and slow i became at sports, which is one of my fav things, i even fainted once; that's why i decided at age 16 to start forcing myself to eat veggies, fruits and real meat ' not McDonald's nuggets 😒' gradually... And I'm progressing, i still take medication but i feel that my diet and health are being improved!
    *Issue:* i always had an alternative solution at my house. Trust me if a kid found nothing else to eat , even when he tries screaming or crying or staying hungry... He'll *give up* at the end and eat the available healthy food, which was something my parents never new 🤷🏻‍♀️ SO PLZ if your child, cousin or sibling is being a picky eater let his parents be aware to *NEVER* gv him an alternative unhealthy meal. Infact, you can reward him after he eats healthy!

  • @breebosquet7394
    @breebosquet7394 Год назад +12

    My man just rejected pizza💀0:23

  • @cannibalvegetableyt
    @cannibalvegetableyt Год назад +44

    I was never ARFID levels of picky, but I was a very picky eater until relatively recently, so I've done a little reading:
    What I've read is that disorders like ARFID may be associated with OCD and neurological disorders/differences.
    I, for instance, have had a lot of medical problems (that caused GI issues, like chronic vomiting) and I'm a super taster with a neurological problem (atypical face pain/trigeminal neuralgia) that is sometimes triggered by smell, taste, and chewing- making food selection more stressful.
    What helped me: eliminating processed, fast, and junk foods for nutrient-dense foods. I taught (yes, *taught* : I had to get used to fermented foods, like taking a medication, something I'm very used to) I also restrict sugar (keto) and now I am _far_ less sensitive to bitter compounds. I wouldn't touch anything with lettuce 10 years ago, now I regularly eat mixed green salads with vinaigrette.
    There is also an awful lot in the literature about the role of highly palatable ultra-processed foods essentially retarding the senses that detect a food's nutritional quality; remember, these are lab foods. They are perfected in a lab and _designed_ to be "cravable" over nutritious. They have no value in the diet and there's plenty of evidence that they shouldn't be consumed at all.
    To the picky eaters: You *can* learn to eat things that trigger you, it's a process, but it is doable. If someone like me, who threw up and had face pain from foods like hot sauce can go from that to eating whole peppers, so can you 💪🏻

    • @Goosterbobohar
      @Goosterbobohar Год назад

      No not gonna read the whole thing

    • @eljook
      @eljook Год назад

      I too have trigeminal neuralgia, and while I am somewhat picky about what I eat (not nearly to the point of being qualified as a disability), it can make eating a nightmare if I'm going through an active period of trigeminal, so I know where you're coming from

  • @pilleczukor
    @pilleczukor Год назад +2

    Oh so I had this my whole life... I didn't know it had a name till now. But I recovered from it after almost 30 years and that was the most satisfying moment in my whole life, when I could eat anything without the vomiting/texture issues.

  • @gljames24
    @gljames24 Год назад +24

    I've heard someone on Reddit describe how they slowly lost the ability to eat different foods until all that was left was waffles. She takes vitamins to supplement her diet.

    • @The_Man_In_Red
      @The_Man_In_Red Год назад +1

      "lost the ability?" Made her sick??

    • @gljames24
      @gljames24 Год назад +8

      @@The_Man_In_Red No, it was the same disorder as in the video. She sounded really distraught about it and was thankful her boyfriend was understanding of the condition.

    • @wintersprite
      @wintersprite Год назад +1

      Mmmm, waffles.
      In my dreams that sounds amazing. In reality, ai know it’s not.
      I’ve had my tastes change over the years that include liking foods I didn’t like as a kid (such as bacon), and disliking certain foods I didn’t mind as a kid (such as steak sauce).

    • @skld-xm
      @skld-xm Год назад +2

      ​@@wintersprite she went like:
      Do you like waffles?
      Yeah I like waffles
      Do you like pancakes?
      Yeah I like pancakes
      Do you like french toast?
      Yeah i like french toast

  • @1un4cy
    @1un4cy Год назад +8

    4:54 oh hey it's my childhood diet

  • @MoustafaBirawianimationsgaming
    @MoustafaBirawianimationsgaming 4 месяца назад +1

    Chips: 10/10
    Mom's cooking: ♾️/ 10

  • @Cocobanana11
    @Cocobanana11 Год назад +26

    Definitely parents fault. They became the kids and let their child become the parent.

    • @rinneykashiki
      @rinneykashiki Год назад

      Fr

    • @christianmirto1597
      @christianmirto1597 7 месяцев назад +2

      Not always If he doesn't want to eat other things and would rather starve his parents couldn't do much

    • @munchkin7750
      @munchkin7750 Месяц назад

      Agree, parents are mostly responsible for their kids' healthy food choices at a very young age. Parents shouldnt always let kids choose their own food cuz kids' judgment aren't developed yet. In that case, they wont make good choices. They only choose food that makes them feel good like highly processed food (junk food) for instance. I have a young relative who's 8 years old with intellectual disability, and he eats ultra processed food like spam and hot dogs almost everyday. He's also very picky, he refuses to eat anything besides those food. I'm really concern for his health cuz he barely eats anything at restaurants and family dinners besides spam, hot dogs, french fries, and mcdonalds chicken nuggets. He barely eats veggies and other healthy fresh foods. :/

  • @IkesDaddelbox
    @IkesDaddelbox Год назад +10

    7:12 We were all little kids once, and little kids put things in their mouths. It's just a natural part of learning. We remember what soap tastes like.

    • @theperfectburger9892
      @theperfectburger9892 Год назад +1

      Yeah it’s sour but without the spice like effect

    • @OmniSync
      @OmniSync Год назад +1

      i brushed my teeth with soap once
      it didnt taste that bad, but i didnt like it

  • @KarenLee-m4o
    @KarenLee-m4o Месяц назад +1

    I am watching this video and I'm about ready to take a huge scoop of peanut butter into my mouth😂😂😂

  • @MC-ht3vr
    @MC-ht3vr Год назад +8

    Probably the silliest thing I’ve ever heard, considering he’s been doing this since a child and he has parents

  • @SassyGirl822006
    @SassyGirl822006 Год назад +35

    I have a more selective diet than most. It doesn't help that I had major food allergies as a young child. I was able to out grow the issues, but I still have strong food avoidance for some things.
    That said, I can still find something I'll eat on most adult menus in restaurants. I've also worked very hard to make sure my kids have a varied diet, full of healthy home cooked meals.

  • @InternetWeirdo-mv1mw
    @InternetWeirdo-mv1mw 7 месяцев назад +1

    “FRIES OR EYES?” Got me 💀🤣

  • @gljames24
    @gljames24 Год назад +16

    I'm curious if the supertaster theory could be tested with babyfood.

  • @DoodleTheOfficial
    @DoodleTheOfficial Год назад +9

    Oh no I’m blind
    Mom: it’s that dang phone
    Me: I’m only on it once a day
    Mom: it’s that phone

  • @marcmarc1967
    @marcmarc1967 5 месяцев назад +3

    4:24 George Carlin would have had fun with this one.
    First called: Fussy Eater.
    Then: Selective Eating Disorder.
    Finally: Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder.

  • @glitzyghoul4426
    @glitzyghoul4426 Год назад +12

    I know what soap tastes like because I've gotten it in my mouth washing my face/hair... Don't judge me Brew 😅

  • @briana_patrick
    @briana_patrick Год назад +9

    I cant imagine having this disorder. I need variety in my diet, even though my diet isnt the best. I'd get so tired eating the same foods over and over. The only exception would be pasta lol

  • @TBoned359
    @TBoned359 Год назад +1

    As one of the few people who taste soap when eating cilantro, I can't say I've ever eaten soap, but to me it tastes like how most blue dish soaps smells like. Cilantro was never a part of food I ate at home growing up and the first time I believe I had tried it was when I was eating the salad included with my meal at a mexican restaurant in my 20s. I asked everyone at the table if the salad tasted funny, including my cousin who is almost like a half brother as my dad had an identical twin brother who was my cousin's father and no one said they tasted anything funny. I tried my best to eat it but I couldn't do it as I felt like I was eating chemicals or something was terribly off with it. That soapy flavour would pop up from time to time in meals and I never knew what it was, until several years later that I actually learned that it was cilantro that was causing the soapy flavour and that there's a genetic cause. I still try it from time to time, usually unintentionally, but alas, it still tastes like soap.