I am 20 years old and since I was 4, I've always been picky. I eat very few items and growing up I lived off of grilled cheese, hot dogs, tacos (but wouldn't touch hamburgers), Mac and cheese, french fries(but can't eat mashed potatoes),very childlike things like that. It's how I've always been and I get shamed for it. I hate that I can't go out to eat because most places just don't have things that I can stomach. And going to friends houses gives me so much anxiety because then people are like "oh just eat it, stop being picky", "it's all in your mind, just get over it" and other things like that. When I eat something that I know I don't like or that I've tried before and I'm retrying, it makes me physically sick to the point where I throw up or I'm close to it. It's gotten to the point where it's causing me to not want to eat around people or in public because of the ridicule

I could drone on and on, but it's good to know that I'm not the only one