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A phobia (from the Greek "fear"), is a strong, persistent fear of situations, objects, activities, or persons. The main symptom of this disorder is the excessive, unreasonable desire to avoid the feared subject. When the fear is beyond one's control, or if the fear is interfering with daily life, then a diagnosis under one of the anxiety disorders can be made.

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Fear of Choking

ButterflyKisses12
ButterflyKisses12

Hello everyone, 


I am new to the group, so I wanted to just put myself out there... I have a strange fear of choking to death on my food, I find myself struggling to eat because of it.. Everytime I eat, I go into a small panic attack and it literally feels like something is stuck in my throat. Has any one else felt this way before or is experiencing this currently??

carlyj1202
carlyj1202
Oh my goodness, Butterfly, I so hope that you can act NOW and get help for this. I don't want to make this about me but I just wanted to say that I deal with this everyday of my life and I have for way too many years.

I think if I would have done something about it early on I might have been able to get past it. But now every day is miserable and drugs don't help. Some have recommended a hypnotist and I would surely try that before the horrible anti-anxiety drugs that are not good for you at all. But maybe your Dr. could give you something very mild and it just might help if this problem has just started. And please do not wait to long.

I wish you all the best.
carriesgonnalose
carriesgonnalose
Dont be too quick to rule out medical problems! My bro n law was doing that and he had somethjng wrong with his esophagus and had to
get it widened inside. He struggled to get food down.
ButterflyKisses12
ButterflyKisses12
I have been to the doctor about it, and he said I had a sinus infection.. I feel like I am just so anxious all the time, that my throat feels tight all the time. That with my fear of choking is very debilitating.
carlyj1202
carlyj1202
carrie, I am not being too quick to rule out medical problems! I feel very bad for your bil and it is very obvious that it is a medical problem and not anxiety or phobia.

I so understand what you are talking about but this is such a different situation. Most of us with anxiety of swallowing are able to finally get the food down with much chewing, thinking and praying to not choke.

Butterfly, whenever I tell docs about my problem they just look at me like I have two heads. And then pretty much ignore it. There is no one who could ever understand it unless they live it. And I would never wish it on my worst enemy.

I so wish you well.
bbhatrimovau
bbhatrimovau
I know how you feel! Your not alone! I've always been known to eat/ drink weirdly but it's gotten worse with age.. it's very difficult for me to swallow, some times even saliva. I've been to plenty of drs and done tests and they never find anything, so it must be anxiety. I panic just thinking about going out to eat with family/ friends and always make up an excuse to not eat or only have a couple bites. It's horrible! Been trying to work CBD oil more into my daily routine and hoping it works.
I feel for you and I wish I had an answer for you on why we fear this but all I can offer is your not alone, stay strong we can get through this!
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