Hello! I'm a Picky-Eating Adult! I've been picky since I was two years old. I have expanded my repertoire from the PB&J of that time, but I still cut out several things most adults consider staples of flavor. Right now, I eat milk, cheese, and ice cream but not yogurt; broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, spinach, black olives, lettuce, and artichoke leaves but not other veggies; rice, potatoes, pasta, and white bread but only with butter; beef, bacon, and chicken but not chicken I can see (must be shredded and breaded); and finally apples and bananas (no berries or plum/peach/apricot/nectarine).

I have struggled socially with this all my life. I just relayed to my loving boyfriend what parties used to mean to me: parents and kids all wondering why I wouldn't eat, thinking I was insulting their cooking, shaming me for being afraid. Food is very, very close to my emotional core.

I am currently suffering from (and have been ignoring for years) IBS, and unfortunately that means I need to find out which of my precious few foods is the trigger I need to avoid now. It is torturing me to think that I will need to eliminate more, or worse, be forced to scrap my OK list completely and eat foods I don't like just to survive.