Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
Does anyone else have this? I literally live on Ensure drinks and other liquids only. Sometimes mashed potatoes, but thats on a good day. I look at food and my throat gets tight, i convince myself that i cant swallow and will choke. I have insurance now and want to look into therapy but dont know where to start or if it will help. I feel like I am starving myself to death. And i dont want to die. :(
My counsellor recommended a book for me called Hope and Help for your Nerves (I'm about halfway through and it is the best book I've ever read).
I don't have the same fear you have about choking and swallowing, but there is a section in my book that discusses fear of swallowing (nothing on choking though, sorry).
The book states that you don't need to worry about trying to swallow; simply keep chewing. The swallowing will look after itself as it is carried backwards. It will eventually find its way backwards in spite of your nervous resistance. If you keep chewing, the food will all eventually disappear.
I hope this helps a bit.
I think many of us here feel our throats get tight occasionally. That's a big part of anxiety for a lot of people... But you need to eat. If you don't you will continue to feel terrible.