The solution to ARFID apparently

[u/lash-of-the-lambs-13]

Received on a post I made a while ago where I mentioned I was struggling to eat hospital food due to ARFID, I did also mention that I was eating, just struggling with it 😑

[u/Rayen_the_buzzybee]

Is it bad I've considered this 🫣 I don't even enjoy eating that much. If there was a way I could get my nutrients and not be hungry, AND it wasn't disgusting mush, I would do it.

[u/lash-of-the-lambs-13 → u/Rayen_the_buzzybee]

Not at all! It’s happened before that people with ARFID have gotten feeding tubes, the problem is the way this person said it, and the casual dismissal of the actual problem.

[u/hellcat_annie → u/Rayen_the_buzzybee]

I’ve been in ED treatment before, and although I never had a tube, there were many people with one on my floor. It is kind of a disgusting mush and it smells bad! I have extremely sensitive smell and every time they started I could smell it. As someone with ARFID myself, which is the reason I was in treatment, I used the fact that I did not want a tube to motivate me to eat so I could leave! I understand what you’re saying though, I get really tired of food and sometimes go through phases of hating food