Context: A few years ago I got super sick for several months with a mysterious GI disorder that in retrospect probably had multiple causes, one of which was probably the onset of ARFID itself. One of the ways I got (mostly) better was by forcing myself to eat consistently and on a consistent schedule, and ever since then my brain has been stuck on the idea that deviating from this will make me sick again. So I have (diagnosed) ARFID but for me it's less about specific safe foods and more about where and when I'm eating.

So for instance: if I'm eating lunch at home by myself, while there is a relatively short list of foods I eat most regularly, with some effort I can deviate from that list and try something else. And often I'll even like it.

But it makes me very anxious to try to eat lunch at a restaurant or a friend's place (and anxiety itself makes it difficult to eat anything when I do try). Even if I'm eating the foods I eat most often, that would make the experience less bad, but still not good. And being forced to skip lunch would make me completely freak out.

Does anyone else have ARFID like this?