Hi I'm Shannon. I'm 18 and have been a picky eater for as long as I can remember. I feel like my parents gave up at around the age of 5, so from then until about age 13-14 all I ate was processed meat (chicken nuggets, kievs, burgers etc), potato products, beans, pasta and cheese sauce, and thats about it. At 13-14 I branched out into minced beef which added cottage pie, bolognese, lasagne and meatballs to the mix. I moved out last year with my boyfriend and now eat a bit more, I'll eat chicken tikka, chili, and will tolerate some veg like peas and carrots. He's quite fussy too, and we both eat a lot of junk like crisps, sweets etc since we won't eat healthy snacks. I've had enough of eating like a child and feeling weak and tired all the time, I'm too embarrassed to talk to anyone about it, as most people just tell you to 'grow a pair' and don't seem to understand how stressful and horrible it is to eat like this.