Any people with SED or Food Neophobia out there?

Dont have that but give you prompts for making people aware of this disorder, I hope one day you are able to overcome this

You are not alone on this. Just the texture of an onion will make me vomit. Vegtables gag me when I even put them near my mouth. Thats why its so hard for me to lose weight.

My husband loves salad. Everytime he eats it I cant be in the same room as just the smell gags me. Its so gross. ANd Im really big on textures. Certian ones I cant do. Its funny that you like something odd like black olives. I love Broccolli. Thats the only vegtable besides potatoes that I can eat.

Wow. My son has this (he is 10 now) Everyone thinks I am just over-exageratting & he is just a "picky eater" I tell them "go ahead- try to make him eat that piece of ham" (or cheese or whatever) You WILL get thrown up on if you even get it down his throat. He eats no meat or veggies. None of the normal food a kid his age would eat i.e. pizza, hot dogs, mac & cheese. He also doesn't try new foods & most of what he doesn't like, he has never tried. I just this year took him off whole milk because he is finally in the normal weight range. He is thin. I have had him tested & he is not anemic or anything. He lives off yogurt, fruit, pb&j & whatever healthy protein I can get in him. It is good to see that this is not just me not "making" him eat what the rest of us eat. I was hoping he would grow out of it, but it has actually gotten worse & more selective as he has gotten older. And I see if you guys still have it he may never get over it.

oh my gosh...i am the same way. My boyfriend constantly teases me for eating the same 15 foods. I didn't know there was a name for that though, and i certainly didn't think it was a type of disorder. i always thought i was just a picky eater. I too eat like a 4 year old. Let's see... i'm 23 years old and the first time i tried a banana was 3 years ago, and i damn near threw up. same with an apple. Then i tried adding peanut butter to those fruits because i heard it tastes good that way, and had the same result of gagging and throwing up in my mouth. I have never tried carrots, tomatoes(raw),never had a salad, no lettuce, celery, asparagus , eggplant, broccoli, the list goes on and on. I tried salmon and oysters for the first time a year ago, and i didn't not like it, but i also wouldn't eat it again.

I know this is an old post, but I wanted to hop in. lol I have had Selective Eating Disorder my whole life, and always heard I was just picky. But it is way beyond that! It really makes losing weight HARD. Right now I am trying LCHF and let's just say I'm basically rotating 3 different meals at dinner time. lol And even then I'm falling a little short on the fat, because I'm used to eating lean hamburger, and I don't think I'd even like the fatty stuff. My usual pizza and chicken tenders and fries are off limits for sure. Although, I have found that I can melt mozzerella cheese and pepperoni in a bowl in the microwave and it tastes just like pizza minus the bread!