I am so blessed I have found this website because I thought I was the only one in the world. Hi there. My name is Annelise. I am 19 years old and I am pretty sure I have SED/ARFID. When I was younger, I would eat many different foods including vegetables (I know!!) But since I turned four, my eating started to change. My family (mostly my mom, my aunt, and my grandma) would bully me about my eating. They would say, "don't you know how to eat?" or "you're just being stubborn", or they would even bribe me to eat certain food. What they didn't understand was I can't physically eat food that I don't like. I will throw up. I will gag. I didn't tell anyone about my eating problem until two years ago. I told my boyfriend before anyone, and at first, he was a little confused but he was also open minded about it. My eating has prevented me from going to social events, from going to sleepovers, from birthday parties, christmas parties, etc. It even prevented me from dating my boyfriend at first because he wanted to take me out on a date and God forbid, he would take me somewhere to eat. I eventually told my three friends at the time and they understood and respected me. Since then though, I have also developed a binge eating disorder. My diet currently consists of chicken strips/nuggets (but only from fast food places or restaurants), french fries, pizza (only pepperoni and rarely just cheese), plain hamburgers, ketchup, carbs such as bread and crackers but absolutely NO PASTA, and two fruits (strawberries and apples). Anything else will make me throw up. Even the sight or smell. I'm having a problem because my binge eating is taking over my life. I have gained fifty pounds in two years and I am on the verge of becoming a type two diabetic. I am addicted to food, no doubt about it. I am struggling because if I didn't have selective eating disorder, I would binge eat vegetables and fruits and other healthy things. But since I do have that eating disorder, I only binge eat fast food. I came here for support. My boyfriend is becoming very frustrated with my food addiction to the point where he is telling me to "just get over it", but we all know, it ain't that simple. I need support and love and I am glad I have found this website. Thanks guys. Hope to be hearing from you soon.