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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
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I happen to disagree with you. I think that when something is so extreme outside the normal realm then that IS a disorder. My uncle is exactly like this article. He only eats, pizza, french fries, spaghetti with sauce, hot dogs, salad (and only just recently and only iceberg lettuce), bacon, and eggs. THAT IS IT! He doesn't eat anything else. Literally DOES NOT EAT anything besides those seven things. I think that classifies as a disorder. He was thrilled when he read this article since it pertained to him and explained why he physically can not make himself eat anything else. My mother remembers him as a child sitting at the kitchen table for two days trying to choke down a piece of chicken because my grandfather was fed up with his picky eating. He couldn't get it down. I don't think it is a matter of preference for him, I really don't. SO maybe for you it is, but I do think that for some there is a disorder where they can not try new foods, not because they just don't want to. Also, if you read the article it discusses how the people who have this disorder tend to want salty foods, and if you look at the list of foods that my uncle eats, it fits to a T!
As I said, the article describes me to the last detail....but thank you for disagreeing with how I view myself 
There are foods I just cannot swallow, I could sit for hours (and as a child had) and then gagged all the way through one bite. Just a few years ago, I tried a crab cake while out to dinner with a girlfriend and literally couldnt get it down and violently gagged on it, that I actually had to excuse myself to spit it out. It wasnt bc I just didnt like it, I physically could not get passed the properties of it and couldnt swallow it if I wanted too bc I in fact didnt even mind the taste of it. There is maybe 25 foods I will eat...DH makes me chicken or pasta for dinner every night bc its all I will eat.
Despite all of this, I still dont think I have a disorder. Im not saying its normal, I just dont think everything needs to have a name and be a "disorder".
My DH and family frequently joke that I have the eating habits of a toddler.
I find it odd you would argue with me over firsthand experience with my own habits and how I view MY OWN habits. Next time I want to have an opinion on myself, Ill be sure to run it by you.
I guess no one can have a different opinion than you!
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
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I happen to disagree with you. I think that when something is so extreme outside the normal realm then that IS a disorder. My uncle is exactly like this article. He only eats, pizza, french fries, spaghetti with sauce, hot dogs, salad (and only just recently and only iceberg lettuce), bacon, and eggs. THAT IS IT! He doesn't eat anything else. Literally DOES NOT EAT anything besides those seven things. I think that classifies as a disorder. He was thrilled when he read this article since it pertained to him and explained why he physically can not make himself eat anything else. My mother remembers him as a child sitting at the kitchen table for two days trying to choke down a piece of chicken because my grandfather was fed up with his picky eating. He couldn't get it down. I don't think it is a matter of preference for him, I really don't. SO maybe for you it is, but I do think that for some there is a disorder where they can not try new foods, not because they just don't want to. Also, if you read the article it discusses how the people who have this disorder tend to want salty foods, and if you look at the list of foods that my uncle eats, it fits to a T!
As I said, the article describes me to the last detail....but thank you for disagreeing with how I view myself
There are foods I just cannot swallow, I could sit for hours (and as a child had) and then gagged all the way through one bite. Just a few years ago, I tried a crab cake while out to dinner with a girlfriend and literally couldnt get it down and violently gagged on it, that I actually had to excuse myself to spit it out. It wasnt bc I just didnt like it, I physically could not get passed the properties of it and couldnt swallow it if I wanted too bc I in fact didnt even mind the taste of it. There is maybe 25 foods I will eat...DH makes me chicken or pasta for dinner every night bc its all I will eat.
Despite all of this, I still dont think I have a disorder. Im not saying its normal, I just dont think everything needs to have a name and be a "disorder".
My DH and family frequently joke that I have the eating habits of a toddler.
I find it odd you would argue with me over firsthand experience with my own habits and how I view MY OWN habits. Next time I want to have an opinion on myself, Ill be sure to run it by you.
I guess no one can have a different opinion than you!
Also, I wasn't arguing, I was stating that I had a different opinion on the subject.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
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I happen to disagree with you. I think that when something is so extreme outside the normal realm then that IS a disorder. My uncle is exactly like this article. He only eats, pizza, french fries, spaghetti with sauce, hot dogs, salad (and only just recently and only iceberg lettuce), bacon, and eggs. THAT IS IT! He doesn't eat anything else. Literally DOES NOT EAT anything besides those seven things. I think that classifies as a disorder. He was thrilled when he read this article since it pertained to him and explained why he physically can not make himself eat anything else. My mother remembers him as a child sitting at the kitchen table for two days trying to choke down a piece of chicken because my grandfather was fed up with his picky eating. He couldn't get it down. I don't think it is a matter of preference for him, I really don't. SO maybe for you it is, but I do think that for some there is a disorder where they can not try new foods, not because they just don't want to. Also, if you read the article it discusses how the people who have this disorder tend to want salty foods, and if you look at the list of foods that my uncle eats, it fits to a T!
As I said, the article describes me to the last detail....but thank you for disagreeing with how I view myself
There are foods I just cannot swallow, I could sit for hours (and as a child had) and then gagged all the way through one bite. Just a few years ago, I tried a crab cake while out to dinner with a girlfriend and literally couldnt get it down and violently gagged on it, that I actually had to excuse myself to spit it out. It wasnt bc I just didnt like it, I physically could not get passed the properties of it and couldnt swallow it if I wanted too bc I in fact didnt even mind the taste of it. There is maybe 25 foods I will eat...DH makes me chicken or pasta for dinner every night bc its all I will eat.
Despite all of this, I still dont think I have a disorder. Im not saying its normal, I just dont think everything needs to have a name and be a "disorder".
My DH and family frequently joke that I have the eating habits of a toddler.
I find it odd you would argue with me over firsthand experience with my own habits and how I view MY OWN habits. Next time I want to have an opinion on myself, Ill be sure to run it by you.
I guess no one can have a different opinion than you!
You can have a different opinion, just not on how I PERSONALLY view myself. I said it describes ME to a T and *I* do not consider MYSELF to have a disorder. Again, I didnt say, it was normal or not extreme, just that I dont think everything needs a label.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
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Posted by eddiesmommy
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I happen to disagree with you. I think that when something is so extreme outside the normal realm then that IS a disorder. My uncle is exactly like this article. He only eats, pizza, french fries, spaghetti with sauce, hot dogs, salad (and only just recently and only iceberg lettuce), bacon, and eggs. THAT IS IT! He doesn't eat anything else. Literally DOES NOT EAT anything besides those seven things. I think that classifies as a disorder. He was thrilled when he read this article since it pertained to him and explained why he physically can not make himself eat anything else. My mother remembers him as a child sitting at the kitchen table for two days trying to choke down a piece of chicken because my grandfather was fed up with his picky eating. He couldn't get it down. I don't think it is a matter of preference for him, I really don't. SO maybe for you it is, but I do think that for some there is a disorder where they can not try new foods, not because they just don't want to. Also, if you read the article it discusses how the people who have this disorder tend to want salty foods, and if you look at the list of foods that my uncle eats, it fits to a T!
As I said, the article describes me to the last detail....but thank you for disagreeing with how I view myself
There are foods I just cannot swallow, I could sit for hours (and as a child had) and then gagged all the way through one bite. Just a few years ago, I tried a crab cake while out to dinner with a girlfriend and literally couldnt get it down and violently gagged on it, that I actually had to excuse myself to spit it out. It wasnt bc I just didnt like it, I physically could not get passed the properties of it and couldnt swallow it if I wanted too bc I in fact didnt even mind the taste of it. There is maybe 25 foods I will eat...DH makes me chicken or pasta for dinner every night bc its all I will eat.
Despite all of this, I still dont think I have a disorder. Im not saying its normal, I just dont think everything needs to have a name and be a "disorder".
My DH and family frequently joke that I have the eating habits of a toddler.
I find it odd you would argue with me over firsthand experience with my own habits and how I view MY OWN habits. Next time I want to have an opinion on myself, Ill be sure to run it by you.
I guess no one can have a different opinion than you!
Also, I wasn't arguing, I was stating that I had a different opinion on the subject.
My post was about myself and my experience, you said you disagreed. You cant disagree with my own personal experience as I apply it to myself.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
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Oh lord.....does everything need to be a "disorder" now, honestly. Im an EXTREMELY picky eater, as is my DS. I do not consider myself to have a disorder.....Im just a pain in the arse and picky about what I eat. Different people have different food preferences, mine lean towards the limited sort.
Speaking from personal experience, I do think picky eating can become an eating disorder. Sure toddlerhood has its challenges & not every kid has it. I was a picky eater myself but NOTHING was to the level of what I've seen with my own kid.
I've seen my child in hysterics over eating a bean. I'm talking about crying, gagging & then actually throwing up when it was in his mouth. It is more than being a picky eater. It is FEAR. THAT is a disorder. He is afraid to eat many, many foods and I can assure you that it is heartbreaking to see & to deal with.
My daughter is this same way/ Hyperventilating, hysterical crying, and ready to throw up over spaghetti and meatballs. It is more than picky eating.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
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Am I the only one that is getting aggravated at the responses pooh-poohing a serious issue that I'm having with my kid?
No you're definitely not the only one getting annoyed.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
Posted by eddiesmommy
My post was about myself and my experience, you said you disagreed. You cant disagree with my own personal experience as I apply it to myself.
Please don't take this as being disrespectful at all...
You violently got sick over eating something, gag on food outside of the few foods you do eat - and you think it comes down to an extreme preference?
That sounds to me like disordered eating. You can have ways of coping, but that does sound psychological to me. Do you wish you could eat like others? Try new things? Not have the menu of a toddler?
I have a relative (an adult) that has the same issues. He only eats a few things. It does affect him.
I believe 1000% that what you're describing is an eating disorder.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
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My post was about myself and my experience, you said you disagreed. You cant disagree with my own personal experience as I apply it to myself.
Please don't take this as being disrespectful at all...
You violently got sick over eating something, gag on food outside of the few foods you do eat - and you think it comes down to an extreme preference?
That sounds to me like disordered eating. You can have ways of coping, but that does sound psychological to me. Do you wish you could eat like others? Try new things? Not have the menu of a toddler?
I have a relative (an adult) that has the same issues. He only eats a few things. It does affect him.
I believe 1000% that what you're describing is an eating disorder.
Im not offended, its a valid question.
No I dont think so, I dont mind it, and it doesnt bother me, so I guess no. Ive never known any different, so to me, its totally normal and doesnt bother me. I havent learned to "cope" with it, it doesnt affect how I function on daily basis, Im just a pain in the @ss to go out to dinner with or to cook for.
Its still not a disorder to me, I dont see why it has to be, why cant I just not just have an aversion to certain foods and textures. Some peoples ears cant tolerate finger nails on a chalkboard, most people hate something and have an aversion to something, a lot of people have no tolerance for something.......I just see why it needs to be a disorder, why cant I just not like certain textures and that be the end of it? It just is what it is, why do I have to be able to get past not liking certain things, why do I have to learn to tolerate them, I just dont like them, plain and simple. People in eastern cultures eat things that we wouldnt dream of eating, bc our pallets wouldnt tolerate them and I guarantee half of us would gag through trying to get them down.......do we all have a disorder bc of that? I dont think so, I think we all have unique pallets. Some more sensitive and extreme than others, but I dont think there is anything wrong with that. Why can I just not tolerate certain textures and that be it?
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
another "disorder" why can't they just be "picky eaters"
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
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Am I the only one that is getting aggravated at the responses pooh-poohing a serious issue that I'm having with my kid?
Yes. Its aggravating me and its not even my issue. I do believe this is a serious issue and makes sense that it would be classified as a disorder. I am sorry Joseph goes through all that_ I didn't know
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
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Posted by eddiesmommy
Oh lord.....does everything need to be a "disorder" now, honestly. Im an EXTREMELY picky eater, as is my DS. I do not consider myself to have a disorder.....Im just a pain in the arse and picky about what I eat. Different people have different food preferences, mine lean towards the limited sort.
Speaking from personal experience, I do think picky eating can become an eating disorder. Sure toddlerhood has its challenges & not every kid has it. I was a picky eater myself but NOTHING was to the level of what I've seen with my own kid.
I've seen my child in hysterics over eating a bean. I'm talking about crying, gagging & then actually throwing up when it was in his mouth. It is more than being a picky eater. It is FEAR. THAT is a disorder. He is afraid to eat many, many foods and I can assure you that it is heartbreaking to see & to deal with.
I agree Barb. We go through this as well and honestly right now we just go with what she will eat rather than the hysterics.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
Im confused as to why everyone is taking this so personally.....the article was about adults.....we responded to that. No one is talking about anyones children. No one said it still wasnt a very valid and real concern, we were merely pointing out that we dont agree with everything being labeled as some type of disorder these days, the need to pigeon hole everyone who is outside of the "norm" as a person with a disorder. Doesnt mean that the issue, whatever it may be doesnt exist, we were merely talking about the need to actually label everything. I dont understand the need for everything to be classified as a disorder, somethings just are what they are, no more no less.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
Posted by nrthshgrl
Am I the only one that is getting aggravated at the responses pooh-poohing a serious issue that I'm having with my kid?
I think people are having an issue with giving it a name for some reason.
I can tell you that 90% of that article could have been written about me. I am that super picky eater and have been since I am a small child. I was not allowed to leave the table at night until a certain amount of my meal was finished. I can tell you that I fell asleep at the table tha vast majority of the time. There was nothing my mom could have done to make me eat those foods. It was like a fear because most of them, i had never even tasted. EVER! I just couldn't.
The part where it said, maybe "they are super tasters" was brought to my attention by a nutitionist when I was 18. She said that some Dr's believe that people like me could have hyper sensitive taste buds. I totally belive this. I can not even tolerate table pepper. It burns my mouth in the way that a HOT pepper would burn the average person.
Also, like the article I have had life long stomach issues. I was drinking a bottle of Pepto Bismol a week by the age of 10.
When we would go out to dinner, if it was available, I would always order a side order of fries(no ketchup etc) and a side order of meatballs with no sauce. If not then I would get a salad with no cucumbers, no tomatos, no nothing. Just lettuce and no dressing. THAT IS IT. Period.
I basically eat white meat chicken, NEVER on the bone(can not deal with any bones), chopped meat, Turkey, bonelss pork chops if they have ZERO fat on them. I will eat carrots, brocolli, greenbeans.(as a kid is was only carrots) I will now eat a salad with everything in it but tomatos. Pasta, rice and potatos. I pretty much live on carbs.
I never thought of it as a disorder but realized always that it was waaaay more than being a picky eater.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
Posted by ChrisDee
I basically eat white meat chicken, NEVER on the bone(can not deal with any bones)
I never thought of it as a disorder but realized always that it was waaaay more than being a picky eater.
I cant eat chicken on the bone either, I cant handle it. To this day if I get a breast of chicken or something, DH has to cut the meat off the bone for me. 
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
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Posted by nrthshgrl
Am I the only one that is getting aggravated at the responses pooh-poohing a serious issue that I'm having with my kid?
No you're definitely not the only one getting annoyed.
No, it's offensive. It's basically minimizing an issue Joseph is having and telling you that you're making a mountain out of a mole hill.
Yes...there are picky eaters and then there are people with eating disorders...whatever that disorder is classified as.
Remember, it wasn't that long ago that children that fell on the PDD spectrum where just thought to be quirky and odd. Yet, they suffered a disorder that needed therapy and help to develop coping skills.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
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Posted by nrthshgrl
Am I the only one that is getting aggravated at the responses pooh-poohing a serious issue that I'm having with my kid?
No you're definitely not the only one getting annoyed.
No, it's offensive. It's basically minimizing an issue Joseph is having and telling you that you're making a mountain out of a mole hill.
Nothing of the sort was said.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
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Posted by nrthshgrl
Am I the only one that is getting aggravated at the responses pooh-poohing a serious issue that I'm having with my kid?
No you're definitely not the only one getting annoyed.
No, it's offensive. It's basically minimizing an issue Joseph is having and telling you that you're making a mountain out of a mole hill.
Nothing of the sort was said.
I certainly think this sort of response is offensive...it was not directed at Barb but it minimizing what she is discussing...
another "disorder"Chat Icon why can't they just be "picky eaters"
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
Posted by eddiesmommy
Oh lord.....does everything need to be a "disorder" now, honestly.
Melissa, this is what everyone is focusing on. Your wording, whily you MAY have been referring to yourself only (though it doesn't appear that way) is antagonizing to people who are having very difficult feeding issues with their kids and really identify with the article.
ETA: I DO agree that there are a lot of things that are now labeled as "disorders that I at... this isn't one of them.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
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Posted by eddiesmommy
Oh lord.....does everything need to be a "disorder" now, honestly.
Melissa, this is what everyone is focusing on. Your wording, whily you MAY have been referring to yourself only (though it doesn't appear that way) is antagonizing to people who are having very difficult feeding issues with their kids and really identify with the article.
ETA: I DO agree that there are a lot of things that are now labeled as "disorders that I at... this isn't one of them.
I was responding to the linked article, nothing more, nothing less.....which was about ADULTS. I said NOTHING about ANYONES children or their feeding issues.
As I said, I also have a horrid time feeding DS, I also said that in no way was a I saying the problem isnt real......I dont know how many times I have to repeat this.
As for the ETA: if thats your opinion, if you can think there are things labeled as a disorder that you dont consider one, why can I not think the same of this, and this be one of my things that I disagree with being labeled?
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
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No, it's offensive. It's basically minimizing an issue Joseph is having and telling you that you're making a mountain out of a mole hill.
To your point then......since this article was describing me to a T and not even discussing children, and I dont consider myself to have a disorder.....could the same not be said, for people who dont deal with this as adults, like yourself......telling people who do that they HAVE a disorder? Could that not be considered offensive to someone like me?
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
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Posted by Kidsaplenty
Posted by nrthshgrl
Am I the only one that is getting aggravated at the responses pooh-poohing a serious issue that I'm having with my kid?
No you're definitely not the only one getting annoyed.
No, it's offensive. It's basically minimizing an issue Joseph is having and telling you that you're making a mountain out of a mole hill.
Nothing of the sort was said.
I certainly think this sort of response is offensive...it was not directed at Barb but it minimizing what she is discussing...
another "disorder"Chat Icon why can't they just be "picky eaters"
the article was about ADULTS.....not the children of anyone on this board.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
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No, it's offensive. It's basically minimizing an issue Joseph is having and telling you that you're making a mountain out of a mole hill.
To your point then......since this article was describing me to a T and not even discussing children, and I dont consider myself to have a disorder.....could the same not be said, for people who dont deal with this as adults, like yourself......telling people who do that they HAVE a disorder? Could that not be considered offensive to someone like me?
The article was not written about you nor did I ever indicate that YOU had a disorder.
Just because you may identify with the article on all the points and don't classify yourself as having any disorder doesn't make the disorder not so. You are not the determining factor.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
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No, it's offensive. It's basically minimizing an issue Joseph is having and telling you that you're making a mountain out of a mole hill.
To your point then......since this article was describing me to a T and not even discussing children, and I dont consider myself to have a disorder.....could the same not be said, for people who dont deal with this as adults, like yourself......telling people who do that they HAVE a disorder? Could that not be considered offensive to someone like me?
The article was not written about you nor did I ever indicate that YOU had a disorder.
Just because you may identify with the article on all the points and don't classify yourself as having any disorder doesn't make the disorder not so. You are not the determining factor.
WHAT??? But it describes me to a T, that is what I said. I also didnt say you said I did, I was saying the opposite could applied to how I view your statements.
And it wasnt written about anyones children either....you are also not the determining factor? Wouldnt the same apply to you? Youre just stirring the pot for no reason now and this is out of hand.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
I was/am a picky eater. I grew out of it for the most part as I got older but there are still things I won't eat/try. Obviously, this is not what the article is about.
An ex-boyfriend I was with through college and years after was beyond a picky eater.
He had 5 or 6 foods he would eat:
Salted French fries: If they had any other seasoning he couldn't eat them.
Pancakes-coated with brown sugar.
Burnt bacon. Had to be charred to a crisp. Black.
Milk-pretty much the only form of nutrition.
Some cookies/cakes.
Some chips. His traditional Thanksgiving meal was a plate of cheese puffs. Nothing else.
He had severe anxiety about social stuff because he always knew there would be food. He avoided social situations because of it.
His father tried to bribe him with $100 when he was a kid-if he would take a bite of a burger. He couldn't do it. Definitely NOT a contender for Fear Factor.
We were together for 7 years. I have to say it definitely contributed to our break up. We could never go out to a nice restaurant and enjoy a meal together. We couldn't cook a nice meal together. I wanted normal family meals with our kids. I wanted normal family outings/events.
I think when eating habits cause issues in other parts of your life that's when it is more than being a "picky eater". Call it whatever you want but it's definitely an issue.
And-I don't think there is anything wrong with labeling some things. It's the first step in possibly "fixing" it, developing ways to deal with it. You can't fix it if you don't know what it is.
And, if you don't need fixing, if it doesn't seep into other areas of your life then you can reject the label. I think that is fine too.
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| Posted 12/1/10 9:53 AM |
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CookiePuss
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
Posted by eddiesmommy
And it wasnt written about anyones children either....you are also not the determining factor? Wouldnt the same apply to you?
I'm not trying to determine anything. I'm not the one saying this is a factual disorder or not. I felt that some of the responses in this thread were offensive in the way they are dismissing the research by eye rolling and such on an issue they face with their children. Maybe the classification of this disorder will lead to more research and the development of coping skills.
Personally, I think it's rude to go on roll your eyes when a parent is saying they identify with the research and believe their child may suffer from it whether or not that said child is part of the research study. There are ways to voice one's dissenting opinion without being belittling, rude, condescending or righteous and I think some of the responses on this thread were a little of the above.
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| Posted 12/1/10 9:55 AM |
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