Hi there
So my anxiety has manifested through my throat. Literally it started with my teeth, then my tonsils and now it's my throat.
I get anxious over tickles in my neck thinking i might have a hair stuck in my throat. I freak out about lumps when i swallow. I get freaked out about food getting stuck in my tonsils
Sometimes i get a horrid taste in the back of my throat which i believe to be tonsil stones so i looked into it and now I've discovered we have a tonsil at the base of our tongues and now i'm freaking out about food getting stuck there! If i swallow and get a bad taste in my mouth i have a mini panic attack
I have no idea why this is such a fixation for me but getting panicky about everything throat related is stressing me out big time. I feel like i can't enjoy anything any more.
I don't know why the concept of 'stuck' food bothers me so much. I don't know if it's a fear of choking or the irritation. Sometimes i get scared to eat because of some/all of the above and i'm worried i'll end up with a phobia of eating
Someone please say something positive? Anyone else get the same?
Thanks