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ShazzieB

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10. I understand his aversion perfectly!
Wed Jun 2, 2021, 05:14 PM
Jun 2021

As far as I'm concerned, lobsters and crabs ARE bugs. I don't eat any kind of shellfish at all, not just the buggy ones. I love actual fish, but basically all invertebrates are a nope for me (as food). I know I'm weird, though. I'm almost positive I have ARFID (Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder) although I've never been diagnosed. There's a long list of things I. Will. Not. Eat.

The whole time I was growing up and for quite a while after, I felt like a freak. Eventually, I stopped caring and figured out that owning my weirdness was the way to go. Now, if someone comments on what I'm (not) eating, I say, "Yeah, I know, I have very weird eating habits." It's amazing how fast people lose interest in criticizing you once they realize that you know you're weird and really don't care what anyone else thinks about it.

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