What one thing, if eradicated from your life, would make it all easier?

Smartphone. I spend ages on it

"I'm sorry you misunderstood me" isn't really an apology.

There is a huge difference between a child having a bit of a protest because they don't like a vegetable, and a child with ARFID being unable to eat anything other than a very narrow repertoire of safe foods. Shockingly, medical professionals can usually tell the difference.

Would like to apologize for being misunderstood and in poorly communicating regarding ARFID (and anorexia for that matter) in previous posts: "children who do NOT have extenuating diagnoses such as autism, cerebral palsy, brain dysfunction, etc or any other host of conditions will often manipulate for attention when they don't like some food. Parents and persons on here who are dealing with such disorders/diseases, my condolences and forgive me for coming across as insensitive.

Racism

Arfid isn’t recent, it’s just people are more aware of it, it’s always existed particularly in autistic people.
my child has been diagnosed for 20 years. Hardly recent. And whilst it’s not common, it’s not rare. 3 in every 100 people have it.
its not attention seeking, nor is anorexia. You clearly don’t have a clue what you’re talking about.

Cleaning, tidying, washing

I agree; this demonstrates some people's complete lack of understanding re this diagnoses. Applies to other disorders too such as alcoholism. I have heard this being described as 'self inflicted'. Very upsetting for those involved and their families/friends

That's why I don't do social media, causes so many problems and false illusions

Yes!

People.

All of my (admittedly few) worldly gripes, annoyances and problems are caused by people.

Can't decide cos hate both but laundry and planning/cooking meals

Don’t you want more than what everyone else has.
Good lord no - why would I want other people to be poorer than me, or why would I want to be richer than other people? What a strange way to think about life - as if the only measure of "a good life" is being richer than those around you.

Ambition to give your children more than you had
Again, no. We live on a finite planet, resources are not unlimited, so it is a nonsense to believe that every generation should have more wealth than the one before. That is impossible.

Certain people would still get ahead
This suggests you see life like a race - with some 'ahead' and some 'behind'. I don't see life like that at all.

Tell that to my extremely underweight autistic 5 year old with ARFID. He’s non verbal and cannot ‘play’ anything, certainly not ‘psychiatrists’. I’m fairly sure he’s not ‘attention seeking’ 😏.
I tend to find it’s best not to make comments about things you know nothing about. Apart from anything else, it makes you look really stupid.

This is actually a really offensive thing to say.

Children and adults die from anorexia. It is a very serious medical condition that has a 10 year mortality rate of almost 10% in the decade following diagnosis. Without appropriate treatment, up to 20% of sufferers may die, as a result of their anorexia nervosa, within 20 years of diagnosis.

This is not attention seeking or simply wanting to be thin. It is a disorder that can kill people.

People may read your post who have loved ones with this disorder, or who have lost loved ones to this disorder, or even who have anorexia nervosa themselves, and your incorrect claims may cause them more pain. You might want to ask for your post to be withdrawn in order to avoid this.

Strange that this is such a recent diagnosis. It is a VERY rare child who refuses to eat or drink when they are hungry or thirsty. Kids play parents, doctors, social workers, psychiatrists all the time. Same with anorexia. True cases are actually very rare - and often due to attention seeking.

My anxiety

Eating. Life would be so much better if we could occasionally eat for pleasure rather than having to eat in order to survive several times a day.

Don’t you want more than what everyone else has. Ambition to give your children more than you had
What would be the point

I think that despite everyone being able to get what they needed
Certain people would still get ahead because they would choose better things

And when your child (or you, if you're the child) ends up hospitalised due to not eating or drinking...?

So speaks someone who’s never dealt with a child with ARFID. They can, will and do starve if they don’t get their safe foods.

It does come to an end. But in the mean time delegate and do just your laundry and that of two babies. Everyone else can learn to do their own and should.

This whole thread is about impossible dreams! 😂

Definitely neighbours

Be careful what you wish for. Men and women are not equal because they are genetically engineered to be different. Men are more powerful than women in some ways and women are more powerful then men in some ways. One does not have to be a bitch to be equal to men and as a matter of fact it is my belief women are superior to men. We should not let them know that by being bitches, no one likes superiority thrown in their faces.