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[quote=Anonymous]Good luck, OP!

It's good she can eat out of the house, not being able to due to anxiety is super common with ARFID.

My kiddo seemed to get a bit better around 7, I think she pushed herself bc she wanted to be able to eat on playdates, sleepovers, etc. She had had several food allergies and sensory issues when young so had some anxiety around food. She also had some low tone at one point and I think when very young was a bit afraid of choking.

Feeding therapy helped some as well as therapy to have tools to deal with anxiety. I did not want the anxiety to shift off food to something else. I have a relative with a significant anxiety issue, so I do think there is a genetic component at times. When my child is more well regulated, plenty of sleep, activity, etc, that seems to help, esp with "harder" things like mixed textures in veg soup, etc. The feeding therapy/OT was what highlighted that for both us as parents and for her so she is happy to do yoga vids, etc, she can see that it helps the day be easier. [/quote]

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