As “excited” as I was to discover that ARFID exists as a possible explanation, I'm still struggling to relate to it or a sub-type.

I am not a picky eater. I'm not worried about choking or food textures. I have cravings and love going out to eat and trying new restaurants and new meals. I have even taken up cooking in the last couple of years and get most excited about recipes I can make that MY FAMILY will enjoy…even if I don't really care about eating it myself.

My stomach is grumbling right now. I'm hungry. I've had a protein bar today and that's it. Oh, and some ice cream, but that was unusual.

I will usually just power through this discomfort, drink coffee, and hold out until someone puts food in front of me, or I end up out to eat, or I feel compelled to make food for the family which I will probably have a helping of.

I have no idea why my compulsion to hunger is to ignore it, rather than respond to it, but that's most often what I do.

When I look at a list of common behaviors associated with ARFID most of them don't seem to apply to me, but for some reason, I consistently avoid eating what and when I should, but I can't quite figure out why. It's been suggested to me that's it may be some sort of control thing.

I guess I'm wondering if anybody else is closer to this version? I'm also new here, so this very well might turn out to be a lot more common than I think, and that would be great.