I can somehow understand this feeling a little. I too have issues with food. A lot of smell and texture are definitely linked to something in my past and that has in turn made me picky. I only have a few food I can eat and trying something new makes my anxiety shoot up and i most definitely never like anything new . The sensation is too much to make sense of. My world definitely feels limited and it is embarassing to out with someone for food. This story makes me feel good. I never could imagine a solution to my problem but this story is nice. Tells me a scenario can happen where someone will try to make me taste food again by not saying maybe try it once before saying no but telling me that they want to help and describe the food in a such a way that my brain forms a taste that I can like because my tongue and nose is unreliable. This is beautiful.
The Man Who Can't Taste