@skinnylatte Imagine someone coming from a similar sort of culture as you, that places great emotional, social, and cultural weight on food, one which valorizes openness to culinary experience and in particular appreciation of specific, culturally-relevant dishes. Now, imagine that person has, roughly from birth, a strong food sensitivity around certain flavors or textures that are common in those same culturally-relevant foods. (Among the neurodivergent, not an uncommon experience.)