I want to share my piece of story too. When I was in class 4 one of my teacher told us a story of a girl dying after choking on a piece of meat. So we should be very careful while swallowing. After hearing this story I was terrified and thought that what ever I will eat will get stuck and I will die. I faced it almost for 6 months and became a lot underweight. After that it was all normal. Now I am in class 11 and suddenly one day I chocked on a piece of chappati and that psychological problem again triggered after 7 years. I again faced the same problem and feared of eating and drinking water even. If has been two months since I have recovered from it and am completely fine now. Although sometimes I feel it but it's really rare. I know that the more you expose yourself to your fear, the more fast you recover. I pray to god to keep everybody healthy and give them a beautiful life for this is worse than ever. A disease which cannot be cured have to be endured. Enduring this is type of disease is a real hell. For all those facing it please try to face your fear. I hope that all of you will recover really soon 😊
I thought I was the only one with this issue. Please continue using that positive self-talk. It's a lifelong journey, and remember you are NOT alone! ❤
While I don't suffer with this daily, when I go out to eat or eat meals with people I feel shy/anxious around I get so scared of chocking that I do actually choke, it's like my body forgets how to swallow, my mouth gets so dry etc, I've had it for about 2 years now and it can be very scary
Me too. I had it really badly about 12 years ago and over the years it's flared up but didn't last for very long. It started again really badly in January this year. I struggle with both food and liquids. I don't hear many say they struggle with liquids too. It's exhausting isn't it
It does get better @@plato8178I'm a lot better than I was but I still can't drink a glass of something 'normally' like how some would down a glass of water, and I still have times where it feels like my throat locks. As for the eating I don't seem to be chewing as many times but again there are times when I still struggle and I do eat slower than anybody else who I know. I went out for a meal the other night and I felt like I was really tense so that made me feel like I couldnt swallow. It's horrible isn't it but I suppose if we don't worry about one thing then we worry about another with this anxiety 😔
Same for me ever since I had my first panic attack. Walking up stairs or any sort of exercise makes me have a panic attack because it feels similar with the heart symptoms of a panic attack
I used to go through this years ago. I couldn't even eat soup. I also chewed my food around 80 times. I know, cause I counted. I lost like 10 kg. It went away one day. I don't remember when or why.
What helped me get rid of it is actually to try to choke on food of course around safe place. I mean I would eat very dry bread without drinking water and just letting it go all in. Sometimes those feelings return but I just cough and go on with life. It is a scary thing honestly
I’ve been dealing with this for about 4 months now. Some days I can’t eat anything at all, because every time I swallow it feels like food gets stuck in my throat. It’s a hard battle but we got this! ❤️💪🏼
Thank you for posting this. I have trouble swallowing because of anxiety too. And I get that reaction you have in the beginning too. At least it looks like what I get when I accidently swallow fast and nearly have a heart attack. This video gives me an idea on how to work on my problem. I really had no idea how to do it. Thank you and I hope you overcome this!
Have you tried keeping your mind busy while eating so you are not thinking about it? For example, watching or reading while eating? I wonder if that would help distract you.
Yes, but the point of the exposure therapy is not to do those things as they’re safety behaviours. So eventually I don’t need to do anything to eat normally and comfortably
Through what he is doing exposing yourself to the irrational fear, eventually your body will start learning that it’s nothing to fear. Your unconscious doesn’t learn by you telling it it can only learn through behavior changes.
I promise you, it is not unusual to take a sip of water to ease swallowing. Lots of anxious people like us have dry mouth and legitimate trouble swallowing without a little water. Nothing to be ashamed of at all. 🫂
Do you have shower anxiety? for example when I started experiencing panic attacks back in 2016, I got dizzy, light headed in the shower, I ran out and panic from that day on I couldn’t shower unless my gf at the time was in the bathroom with me
holy i was the same as u i lost like 15kg about 2 years ago and it lasted about 1 year and i still eat with my hands on the table and i still have to drink water when i eat, not always but many times especially if the food is dry, when im drunk tho i can eat like a monster. I had the same exposure therapy as u but at the start alcholo saved me, even if its not the best.
Traumas can get hidden in Your body. Your mind learns from your experiences. If you choked and got scared, Your mind will trigger your anxiety response next to food to defend you. The exposition technique+ awareness of fake threat+ self compassion for yourself can solve your excessive stress response. Stress Is a Natural physiological response (tense muscle, sweat ecc). Anxiety Is a Natural emotion triggered to defend ourself. A cronical stress-anxiety response Is not. Sometimes stressful periods of time can slowly trigger body's response like this One, so check Your enviroment and protect Your mind health.
Oh wow I thought I was the only one experiencing this, feels good to know I'm not alone😔I had this for about 4yrs now, it started around COVID in 2020. I had a episode where I almost choked which caused me fear of swallowing, I get nervous & anxiety when I'm about to swallow food. I have to sip on water after each bite& chew my food really good. Eating is so stressful for me, I lost weight as well with this problem. I have no problem taking pills, I can eat all fruits with no problem & certain other foods with no problem, that's the part that really frustrates me. Sometimes I say the heck with this and try to eat like I used to normally but then I'll choke😔I just gave it to God, I pray he heals me from this& I believe this too shall pass🙌 thanks for sharing your story, God bless
@victoriamassie6017 when you Say "heck with this" you probably try to force you to overcome this problem quickly, convincing yourself It Is Just immagination, but Is counterproductive. You rush yourself in the easiest solution and when you fail you feel miserable. The point Is : Your mind learned to protect itself (in time) with overthinking. You believed that thinking costantly to THAT would protect you, would give you the proof of Your control over Your mind. But it's a delusion. You start to obsess, until you become Your condition. When they try to teach you Mindfullness, it's a pathway to let go. You slowly teach to Your mind that not EVERY thought Is relevant. You realize Your way of thinking and start to correct them. Then you SLOWLY start to eat, bit by bit, but you should only think on relevant things, like WHY YOU EAT, WHAT MAKES YOU ENJOY IT.
I have a problem that when I eat with 2 person or 4 person, I always late to finish, this feels me bad. I am suffering with anxiety, bro is this a symptom of anxiety..?
I want to share my piece of story too. When I was in class 4 one of my teacher told us a story of a girl dying after choking on a piece of meat. So we should be very careful while swallowing. After hearing this story I was terrified and thought that what ever I will eat will get stuck and I will die. I faced it almost for 6 months and became a lot underweight. After that it was all normal. Now I am in class 11 and suddenly one day I chocked on a piece of chappati and that psychological problem again triggered after 7 years. I again faced the same problem and feared of eating and drinking water even. If has been two months since I have recovered from it and am completely fine now. Although sometimes I feel it but it's really rare. I know that the more you expose yourself to your fear, the more fast you recover. I pray to god to keep everybody healthy and give them a beautiful life for this is worse than ever. A disease which cannot be cured have to be endured. Enduring this is type of disease is a real hell. For all those facing it please try to face your fear. I hope that all of you will recover really soon 😊
Same issue like thism m facing
I thought I was the only one with this issue. Please continue using that positive self-talk. It's a lifelong journey, and remember you are NOT alone! ❤
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Oh my, I had no idea this problem existed! So sorry you are going through this and wishing you luck on your healing journey
Please keep going. I have been suffering from this for 15 years and i always felt alone until i saw this
While I don't suffer with this daily, when I go out to eat or eat meals with people I feel shy/anxious around I get so scared of chocking that I do actually choke, it's like my body forgets how to swallow, my mouth gets so dry etc, I've had it for about 2 years now and it can be very scary
I am living with phagophobia too. Eating at the outside is a challenge. Water is the worst for me.
Me too. I had it really badly about 12 years ago and over the years it's flared up but didn't last for very long. It started again really badly in January this year. I struggle with both food and liquids. I don't hear many say they struggle with liquids too. It's exhausting isn't it
@@SNMay76I've got also difficulty with liquids, panicking and tensing throat.
It does get better @@plato8178I'm a lot better than I was but I still can't drink a glass of something 'normally' like how some would down a glass of water, and I still have times where it feels like my throat locks. As for the eating I don't seem to be chewing as many times but again there are times when I still struggle and I do eat slower than anybody else who I know. I went out for a meal the other night and I felt like I was really tense so that made me feel like I couldnt swallow. It's horrible isn't it but I suppose if we don't worry about one thing then we worry about another with this anxiety 😔
@@plato8178 same bro but not with water
Dude I have been going a thorough severe anxiety and insane panic episodes lasting hours. I walked the stairs today and it triggered a panic attack
Same for me ever since I had my first panic attack. Walking up stairs or any sort of exercise makes me have a panic attack because it feels similar with the heart symptoms of a panic attack
same anything that gets my heart rate up gives me panic now ;(
I used to go through this years ago. I couldn't even eat soup. I also chewed my food around 80 times. I know, cause I counted. I lost like 10 kg. It went away one day. I don't remember when or why.
What helped me get rid of it is actually to try to choke on food of course around safe place. I mean I would eat very dry bread without drinking water and just letting it go all in.
Sometimes those feelings return but I just cough and go on with life.
It is a scary thing honestly
i have same problem like legit same problem i can feel your struggles
I’ve been dealing with this for about 4 months now. Some days I can’t eat anything at all, because every time I swallow it feels like food gets stuck in my throat. It’s a hard battle but we got this! ❤️💪🏼
Thank you for posting this. I have trouble swallowing because of anxiety too. And I get that reaction you have in the beginning too. At least it looks like what I get when I accidently swallow fast and nearly have a heart attack. This video gives me an idea on how to work on my problem. I really had no idea how to do it. Thank you and I hope you overcome this!
I stuggle the same with fear of swallowing and choking
Have you tried keeping your mind busy while eating so you are not thinking about it? For example, watching or reading while eating? I wonder if that would help distract you.
Yes, but the point of the exposure therapy is not to do those things as they’re safety behaviours. So eventually I don’t need to do anything to eat normally and comfortably
I am the same way bro! I twitch the same way. When will i ever get better in this fear i am going through?!
It will always be better💪
And you cannot really choke from eating
Just do it and stop thinking about it
And day by day it will get better
Through what he is doing exposing yourself to the irrational fear, eventually your body will start learning that it’s nothing to fear. Your unconscious doesn’t learn by you telling it it can only learn through behavior changes.
I promise you, it is not unusual to take a sip of water to ease swallowing. Lots of anxious people like us have dry mouth and legitimate trouble swallowing without a little water. Nothing to be ashamed of at all.
🫂
Can you draw me ne about covid vaccine anxiety. Lots of scaremongering and negative towards it now
Working on exposure therapy tonight! Been dealing with this for 2 months
I’m the exact same way. My throat automatically locks up and I get so scared and panic, spit my food out then cry 😢 3 years of suffering.
I have problems while eating palpitations occur …and then I get scared and leave the food ..very stressful life
👍👍👍
I get anxiety that I'll choke when I vomit. I hardly ever vomit but I've always been extremely scared that I'll choke on anything coming up
I had this for 3 years now its very scary and my mom calls me mad 😢so thats why i dont eat noodles ,and like chewing things 🙃 😅
Omg I’ve been dealing with the exact same thing u couldnt have said it better🥲
Me too bro❤️✊🏽
I suffer from this fear since 13 years. Eating or drinking at any public/ open place is impossible for me. What did help you? Do you take medication?
Do you have shower anxiety? for example when I started experiencing panic attacks back in 2016, I got dizzy, light headed in the shower, I ran out and panic from that day on I couldn’t shower unless my gf at the time was in the bathroom with me
I had that long ago
Yup
Really thats is funny, the situation we are facing terrible as well
Omg this is me .😢❤
thanks bro you calm me I think im the only one ❤️
i always gotta do allat aswell when eating
Tell me solutions
My son has this I didn't know it was a thing any advice is appreciated
Bro how to deal with ectopic heart beats?
holy i was the same as u i lost like 15kg about 2 years ago and it lasted about 1 year and i still eat with my hands on the table and i still have to drink water when i eat, not always but many times especially if the food is dry, when im drunk tho i can eat like a monster. I had the same exposure therapy as u but at the start alcholo saved me, even if its not the best.
this is me at the moment and its not very nice
Traumas can get hidden in Your body. Your mind learns from your experiences. If you choked and got scared, Your mind will trigger your anxiety response next to food to defend you. The exposition technique+ awareness of fake threat+ self compassion for yourself can solve your excessive stress response. Stress Is a Natural physiological response (tense muscle, sweat ecc). Anxiety Is a Natural emotion triggered to defend ourself. A cronical stress-anxiety response Is not. Sometimes stressful periods of time can slowly trigger body's response like this One, so check Your enviroment and protect Your mind health.
Oh wow I thought I was the only one experiencing this, feels good to know I'm not alone😔I had this for about 4yrs now, it started around COVID in 2020. I had a episode where I almost choked which caused me fear of swallowing, I get nervous & anxiety when I'm about to swallow food. I have to sip on water after each bite& chew my food really good. Eating is so stressful for me, I lost weight as well with this problem. I have no problem taking pills, I can eat all fruits with no problem & certain other foods with no problem, that's the part that really frustrates me. Sometimes I say the heck with this and try to eat like I used to normally but then I'll choke😔I just gave it to God, I pray he heals me from this& I believe this too shall pass🙌 thanks for sharing your story, God bless
@victoriamassie6017 when you Say "heck with this" you probably try to force you to overcome this problem quickly, convincing yourself It Is Just immagination, but Is counterproductive. You rush yourself in the easiest solution and when you fail you feel miserable. The point Is : Your mind learned to protect itself (in time) with overthinking. You believed that thinking costantly to THAT would protect you, would give you the proof of Your control over Your mind. But it's a delusion. You start to obsess, until you become Your condition. When they try to teach you Mindfullness, it's a pathway to let go. You slowly teach to Your mind that not EVERY thought Is relevant. You realize Your way of thinking and start to correct them. Then you SLOWLY start to eat, bit by bit, but you should only think on relevant things, like WHY YOU EAT, WHAT MAKES YOU ENJOY IT.
I have a problem that when I eat with 2 person or 4 person, I always late to finish, this feels me bad. I am suffering with anxiety, bro is this a symptom of anxiety..?
I have problem with cold water and water swallowing
Same..
Work on a pass life...
first world problems
I get what you’re saying but Problems are problems no matter who you are. You can have everything in the world and still be in hell deep inside
So glad I’m not alone