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i was born with arfid. im working to try to try new things. a week ago i tried general tso sauce with chicken, i loved it!! :D cant wait for when we have it for dinner again!

I know this is three years late but you were the person who led to start my own arfid journey! I always struggled with food since i was a child but it was always just a ‘oh thats just a me thing’ but i saw you in autism tiktok compliation 😭 and you were trying boom chicka pop and i remember my thought process of ‘oh i hope she gets better!….wait’ 😂 i would probably say my arfids gotten a teeny bit worse in the last year due to food intolerences (‘oh i’ll eat this ans then i’ll have a reaction and i’ll die’ is my thought process. EVERY TIME 😭) but i can proudly say i reguarly eat vegtables 🕺🕺🕺

This comment section shows I'm not alone in what happened to me 💙✨️ I too, have ARFID that developed due to emitophobia & health trauma! Mostly from developing food allergies after mono, mostly my gluten allergy because it did a lot of damage, physically & mentally. It was exacerbated by endometriosis issues. I became afraid of eating from my health problems, and scared of any new foods, new amounts, off my regular schedule. I stopped trusting my body, and that caused me to hurt myself by starving, which made my stomach issues/intolerances worse. I finally understand it & am trying to recover ^.^ I'm happy to see others talking about a similar experience, although it is a terrible experience. So much anxiety. Hope you all are doing well.

😅😢 its sickening how alike our stories are. And it’s a trip hearing you tell us how the thoughts go and how it feels. The plate full of spiders is a great way of putting it.

I know how debilitating this can be. I have ARFID but never knew the name of it. I knew I didn’t have anorexia or bulimia and believed it came about from choking when I was young. I also hate to eat out and now I’m middle aged and hasn’t gotten any easier. I want to get proper help as I can’t eat a full meal.

Do you have CVT i swear i feel you are telling a verry similar story to me

Thank you, trank you, thank you ❤

Thank you so much for sharing your story!❤

Thank you for an honest, detailed video

Hello Laura M Ramsey

I laughed multiple times watching this because I GET IT! I’ve experienced a lot of similar things to your story, and I’ve just recently realized I think I have an eating disorder brought on by anxiety and IBS. I’m in the search looking for a therapist now. Thank you for sharing your struggles and story with us. Praying you find peace and healing. God bless you!

Thank you for sharing your story. It helps me understand what my son is going through.

I'm 27 and have had intense fear surrounding food since age 18/19, following medical trauma. I am astounded at how similar our journey's have been Laura! If it weren't for you, i wouldn't have known about ARFID either. I'm honestly almost finding it hard to accept that i even have an ED, considering that doctors have never implied that i have one after all these years. It seems like it's going to be hard for me to access someone to officially diagnose me with ARFID but I'm going to try! Thank you ❤❤❤

I consider myself very, very lucky to have gotten an ARFID diagnosis. I just did this past week and it was so validating! My therapist has only ever had one client with ARFID but she read up and was able to diagnose me! She was reluctant at first, but once I told her more about my experience, she went ahead and gave me a diagnosis! I know so many people have a hard time getting a diagnosis, and i did get told by other clinicians that I had anorexia, but it took me only 9ish months to get diagnosed versus the years it took you and many other people!

I also have ARFID!

omggg the same thing exactly happened to me. I was put on some medicine to help swallowing, one day I used more than normal and i happened to be eating pizza at the same time. My heart rate spiked and i was having difficulty breathing. I went to A+E (English version of ER) and ever since then i can always feel my heart beat. And now i have a fear of food or medication cause im scared its going to trigger that again. I've had a smoothie same thing happened, and i had wheat one time after anxiety raised then the next day i had it again my heart rate spiked and then had to go back to the hospital. Multiple ECG's and been on a heart monitor. :(

Not to be a salesman but have you heard of Kardia Mobile? It's a pocket sized single lead EKG. I use it to determine if it's my PTSD stuff or my medical stuff. I'll check my BP, Kardia, and blood sugar and take whatever steps those tests point to. The whole time trying to calm myself because no matter what is going on being calm helps. Blessings and Love You aren't alone PTSD and AFRID sista

I stumbled across your page on Tiktok and you are really reminding me of myself. I went through a pretty scary medical situation a year ago and since then have been hyper aware of every symptom I have, including a high HR, severe health anxiety and IBS . Due to my heart being irregular and in the works of being diagnosed with POTS I have also noticed I’ve become more restrictive with the foods I consume. I’ve been losing weight like crazy but can’t stop convincing myself cheese will clog my arteries, bread will give me diabetes, soda will trigger my anxiety, so on so forth. I’m so happy I found your channel I feel like I can relate to someone now and just makes the healing process that much easier. Thank you for this video

I have some foods that when I try to eat them I am scared I will have a negative reaction like aniphlaxis

I've kind of given up on getting and official diagnosis and getting therapy for this... Like you, I've developed ARFID as an adult about 8 years ago (kind of a long story, first symptoms appeared due to a chronic pain issue but then everything fell apart when my grandma died and can't eat most foods since). In general, I have a REALLY hard time finding my therapist in my area who takes my insurance. Most say they are booked and don't even offer a waiting list and some send me away that a) they won't work with EDs or b) I am too complex of a case to work with (I am always clear in my intro that I have ARFID, anxiety, and I have a lot of trauma due to growing up in a physically + emotionally abusive home + having suffered sexual abuse), some send me away specifically pointing out the abuse history. Over the past 8 years, I've found 4 therapists who were even willing to see me. #1 She was really nice, but a) she completely ignored any comments I had about food b) she was basically chatting we me like we were friends, telling me about her day etc, it wasn't therapy, I left her when she said that once in a while someone comes in that she wishes it wasn't in therapy setting cuz they would be a great friend (sad thing, I think we could've been great friends but I needed a therapist + they are legally not allowed to do so even if therapy is terminated, so I left), during this time I didn't know about ARFID yet, #2 therapist told me that ARFID doesn't exist, even though it is in t he DSM-V and she was willing to read the diagnosis, she thinks it's BS and not a thing, and I am anorexic and lying and I need to admit I just wanna be skinny...I left her after 3 session, #3 therapist told me after the second session that she cannot treat me because I am lying about being anorexic and binging (because many of my safe foods are chocolate, bread, junk, she said I must be binging because I starve myself...which is NOT the case!), #4 therapist said well she is not sure if ARFID is a thing, she has no experience in it, let's work on my anxiety...but it went nowhere, I gave it 5 months, but it went nowhere, she always cancelled on me, and it felt like she was an absolutely mess and needed a therapist herself (which would be FINE if she needed one if she could put her own issues aside during therapy). Since then I've tried to find therapists, but I always get rejected, especially with COVID everyone seems to be full and no one works with EDs and especially ARFID. I've found 3 ED therapists, they are cash only and I can't afford $175-200/session + they all told em they don't know about ARFID. There is one ED clinic that only does in-patient, not ARFID, and not even covered. I am incredibly discouraged by not finding anyone and especially being told I'm lying. Whenever I've mentioned it to regular doctors (GP), they shrug it off, 'it shouldn't cause health issues/nutrient deficiencies', 'everyone eats chocolate', 'so you're a bit picky', etc... But I feel stuck alone. My husband doesn't understand it, kind of got used to it, but think "I should just eat" and is frustrated. My friends don't hear me... And I don't know how to even recover. I find very little info and most is tailored towards kids, those who developed it during childhood, or have autism. Can you do a video talking about the steps you've made towards recovery, I see you trying foods, but how did you get there, what helps you with this? I don't have tiktok, in case you've covered it there.

Thank you so much for this video Laura, you have really inspired me 🥰 I struggle with severe anxiety, health anxiety and ARFID so seeing you do this is just amazing and so inspirational 😘 I am on a waiting list to get support but right now I feel so scared and like it won't get any better 😥 you should be so proud of yourself 💕

I’ve been seeing tick tick compilations on here and I wondered if you had a channel and I just found it also you are adorable and you remind me of my friend you have similar personality’s lol

Laura I can actually relate so much. I developed PTSD from a health scare and i’ve never met anyone who understands at all. And I related it to food too in a way. I don’t have ARFID but I do have anorexia and a form of PTSD. Thank you for making me feel less alone. Like truly. You have no idea how much it means.

Do you eventually stop fearing the foods you eat? I started eating some new foods a couple months ago but somedays I'm still scared of them even though logically I know I'm not allergic.

I can relate so much to you. Especially not wanting people to share scary stories with you! I've absorbed so many people's fears and created my own fears based on reading about other people's health issues. And questioning your partner about what to do if you do have a reaction. 🤣 Thank you for sharing your videos 🧡🧡 I didn't know there were other people like me.

I’ve been watching you on tiktok and I recall seeing you confronting popcorn 🍿- now look at you, so pleased for you ☺️

I just listened to the podcast with you and Wendy Busse and your story is to a T my story. Had a bad reaction to medication and developed a fear to food because I was so incredibly worried about anaphylaxis. Wow I’m so thankful to know I am not alone and while I may have created this thought process there is treatment. Omg thank you so much for sharing your story with Wendy!! I’m forever grateful. I’m hoping I can share the podcast with my family so they can finally understand what is going on. And when people and doctors say “just eat” makes me absolutely crazy. If it was that easy I would!

Thank you I have been struggling with arfid for as long I can remember thank you some days I feel like crying so thank you

Thank you for sharing this🥰

My 12 year old son was hospitalized with a feeding tube last week for ARFID due to dangerously low weight. His story is so similar to yours minus the heart issue. It started a little over a year ago (pre-pandemic). Thank you for sharing your story. I’m trying so hard to understand what is going on and how to help him.

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Is this the girl from she's the man ?

ive been struggling with very similar issues, found out i have ibs and a gluten sensitivity recently (within the past year or so) and its caused me to have a lot of anxiety around food and caused me to have a very poor appetite. i eat the same things a lot of the time (like i eat oatmeal and yogurt with granola pretty much everyday lol) i havent had a chance to go to therapy yet unfortunately but my mom found a therapist that specializes in eating disorders so hopefully that would help me edit: i want to mention this to see if anyone else has had the same issue, but for a while i also had a severe fear of eating past certain times (it started with me not allowing myself to eat past 2 pm bc i didnt want to get acid reflux when i slept) with progress i was able to get over that fear and i try to not let myself obsess over what time i eat now, but idk if thats normal or not.

I’m currently getting treatment for my own ARFID. I developed mine from a really bad allergic reaction, and it only got worse because my roommates in university were very careless about my allergies. I can soooo relate to the rollercoaster feeling when you’re sleeping and then you jerk awake - I had that nonstop for days after my allergy reaction which was a couple of years ago now, and I still get it every now and then!

My story is almost exactly the same! Underlining health issue (mine was endometriosis). Started self treating with diet and removed several foods I deemed to be causing more pain. Didn’t think it was a thing. Then years later developed POTS out of the blue and things got really out of control my first year of marriage. Development PTSD too. Things got a bit better after a few years but had lots of ibs issues too. Doctor put me on an elimination diet and I did the same thing. Just didn’t ever add back.

Omg when there's a stain on a plate or cup 🤢 aaaa I felt that 😖 it's the worst

Thanks for this Laura 🥺 you're so inspirational. I've struggled with arfid for 16 years now and I am trying so hard to recover, and my biggest goal is to try my very first vegetable since I was like...a toddler 😳 so seeing you're able to eat all those veggies makes it feel a little less scary

I can’t even begin to describe how comforting it is to know I’m not alone. I also have a heart condition that has been making it difficult to eat, making me not want to, unsure why, the whole thing. I found you on TikTok and realized you had a CZcams. You’ve brought so much light and knowledge to EDs and anxiety and everything, thank you for being so brave and honest! ❤️

I get clumsy on my period too!

It’s interesting to me!

I also have health anxiety and it’s really exhausting. It feels good to know that I’m not alone. I wish you a speedy recovery and thank you for sharing your story.❤️

I had the same thing with my heart and could not tell the difference between anxiety and heart problems. Because of a medication I took, I didn’t avoid food like this. But my cardiologist talked me through it also!! And I got to point I didn’t even want to walk because my heart would go up and anxiety would start again. Just now getting where I would get up and go places again. Was also afraid I was going to die.

I’m so thankful for you sharing your story. I feel like with seeing your videos I finally feel validated in my issues with food next to my ocd and anxiety. You are doing so great! I’m proud of you

Found you on TikTok 😊 I’m @kayla_raela_resin your videos give me lots of information but I still don’t know how to help him

I’m pretty sure this is what my boyfriend has but I don’t know how to help🥺

Is the heart condition you have SVT? I have that and I get so anxious about triggering an episode too!

Love watching your videos! Great job ❤

Great vlog

Proud of you for facing those fears! Keep it up!

I just wanted to say that watching the video on our health literally made me cry. I’m 21 I’m gonna 22 this year and I’ve been struggling with this since I was about 13. It started with an allergic reaction to nuts when I was 9 where I almost died due to anaphylactic shock. Which progressively got worse over time as everyone thought I was just attention seeking. To this day I still have moments where I got months without eating, and all anyone’s ever done to help me with it is prescribe me antidepressants which haven’t worked. It’s really made me so happy to know there’s actually a reason and that I’m not alone as I’ve never even met someone else with a nut allergy! Thank you for speaking up when some of couldn’t, I’m incredibly grateful. Hopefully now I can get the help I need 💗