Thank you so much for this website. I'm 44 and didn't know that my eating disorder had an official name until I googled the symptoms a couple years ago. I never imagined I would ever know of another single human being even similar to me. It sounds crazy but I can't believe many of you eat chicken or meat. That's so disgusting to me! Since the age of ONE, I have never eaten anything that walked, ran, swam, or flown. I wish I did.
Those among other things with an extremely strong and offensive odor to me,
I have absolutely no hope of ever even being able to bring close to my face. My sensitive sense of smell is my biggest enemy. In my early twenties I finally tried a bit of cheese pizza because it was the only thing I never ate yet smelled pleasant to me, actually VERY pleasant.
It was disgusting to me... an unfamiliar flavor and what a gross texture. After a long period I tried again, then a shorter period, again. Probably after the sixth time over the course of two years, I loved it. It is my favorite food to this day. To avoid getting sick of eating the same thing, I order from different places. Sometimes, I imagine meeting a favorite celebrity. I can't imagine it being nearly as exciting as meeting another ardid person.