Extreme aversion to cooking
Hey so does anyone else never cook? I'm trying to see if this is ARFID related so that I know how I can go about dealing with it.
I'm 22 and I've NEVER used a stove or oven. I'm able to microwave basic things, but not to the point of "cooking" it, only heating things up. I can't really describe why, it just feels like a mental block, or just something I really shouldn't be doing.
Even the years I've spent living by myself have never pushed me to use a stove or oven, which I thought would be like exposure therapy. Terrible times, that was like survival horror...
To be clear, I theoretically know how to cook, I just have never done it. I've watched enough cooking shows to know how it's done, it's just the act of doing it that I struggle with.
I don't know if this is something I should take up with a food counselor, or if it's completely unrelated to ARFID and more of a "cooking OCD" if that exists... What do you guys think? Does anyone else here have an extreme aversion to cooking? If so, is there any way you've accommodated it or gotten better with it? Sorry for the bad wording. Thanks!