!Not diagnosed with ARFID. Has been brought up with doctors but never formally diagnosed ig!
Hi! I live in a household of 4 with a single kitchen. Im typically the last person to eat since I dont eat the food anyone else in the household is making. I have a really limited diet so I typically end up having to cook something due to reheatable meals, snacks or leftovers having stuff I cant force myself to eat.
A big problem I have is the smell of other peoples cooking and food. This is really bad with roasted vegetables, pork and especially gravy. If these smells are even in the kitchen I just kinda shut down, I end up leaving without getting food. It completely ruins my appetite and makes me gag at times.
If I go to use the microwave and they have these smells I cant use it. If I even just see moisture in the microwave that could SLIGHTLY imply something else was reheated in there, I freak out.
I refuse to even just use the bench if theres any containers, pots or cutlery involved in making other food.
This drives me very insane. Maybe Im misunderstanding and this sensory stuff could come down to autism or smth. Just considering how little I know I can actually consider "safe foods" to the point its caused me to become underweight and lack so many vitamins, I really am considering its ARFID.
Even if its not ARFID, Id just like to know Im not alone in this. Thank you for your time reading my yap <3
(Edit: thank you all for the nice comments. Im very happy to know I am not alone and this is something many of you also go through. Its pretty late for me so I may not respond to any messages, but thank you so much once again.)