Hi my name is tegan. I am 22 and a mum of my 2 year old son. I have been a picky eater my whole life. I have a fear of trying new foods resulting me eating only a few foods. I eat junk food, white pasta, white bread, cheese, chicken, certain types of bacon, sausages and potatoes and that's about it...so basicly I eat white food. It has always been an embarrassing struggle for me..my family has had to leave restaurants before because I've not liked anything on the menu. Many peaple have seen me cry over being asked to simpley try food, I feel so pathetic. Many of my relationships have been ruined because I cant do simple things like go out for food with them. No one understands and just thinks I'm pathetic and say " just eat it, it won't kill you" but they don't understand which I do because even I wonder why food is so difficult for me. I really want to change but I can't even bring my self to touch food I don't want to eat..I haven't tried most foods.and the odd time I have as soon as it touches my mouth i gag and feel ill. My parents tried to make me eat when I was little..I remember having to sit at the table until I ate it which I didn't. So I would be sat at the table until bed time. Eventually they gave in and I ate nothing but either plain pasta or pasta with cheese sauce on for five years. Now I eat a few different things but as I said..not many food types. It's is a big concern for me now because I've been feeling ill for a few years, I am dizzy almost all the time, I am tired and I get chest pains..I keep going to the doctors but they never find out what's wrong with me. I've come to the ovious conclusion that it is my terrible diet..but I am way to embarrassed to tell the doctors..and anyway all they would do is tell me to just try new food...another reason is ovisosly because I really don't want my son to be as fussy as I am, I give him stuff I don't eat and now he's starting to become a very fussy eater and I really want to change for my health and for my son. I've only learnt tonight that this is a disorder because like most people I've resorted to typing it in on Google.