"Everyone kept reassuring me that it was just a phase, and he would grow out of it. I had to push really hard to get any sort of blood tests done,"Jess said.
"It has to be causing pretty severe problems for the individual to rise to the level of ARFID, as opposed to just normative, picky eating,"Professor Thomas said.
"I very much do remember the phases where people did try to force me to eat stuff. It felt like someone just stuck a needle in my heart. It just didn't feel well in my stomach and in my heart,"Alex said.
"Exposure therapy is not forcing people to eat food that they think is disgusting or is terrifying to them,"she said.