I have this horrible thing when eating where the food seems to be passing through a constriction in my throat. I can sort of feel it grating past a narrow place towards the top of my throat and it is horrid horrid horrid. I'm in such a state about it and feel really low . I'm terrified I have throat cancer. I want to be referred to an ENT specialist, but i'm ashamed to go to my doc YET AGAIN because I was there just last week about something entirely different (an unfounded nose cancer fear), and she told me I have to stop being soo hypervigilant with my body or I'll never get over my HA. Part of me knows this is likely to be anxiety related (my mum says she is 400% sure it is, as does my husband) but I feel really down, and it's getting to the point where I don't want to eat at all because I'm in such a panic about the sensation of food pushing through a throat constriction.
please reassure me ..... do other people get this? Is it really anxiety?