My health anxiety has been awful lately. It feels like every time I get over one fear, a new one arrives in full force.
I was making dinner earlier and I microwaved some mashed potatoes, let them cool briefly and then took a bite. It was pretty hot and I don’t know why but I mindlessly swallowed them instead of spitting them out. It wasn’t scorching hot but it felt like it slowly moved down my esophagus and I could feel it the entire time. I drank a glass of water immediately after and checked the roof of my mouth and throat about 30 minutes afterward. There’s a minor blister on the roof of my mouth but otherwise nothing I can see in my actual mouth. What seems to bother me most is my throat feels a bit scratchy and swollen/tight. It seems one sided and towards the lower part of my throat where I can’t see it. I can breathe and swallow but worried the feeling will progress overnight.
Has anybody else here done this? I feel so stupid.