Worried about psychological state, has this happened to anyone before?!

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Three weeks ago for no apparent reason in the middle of eating I was suddenly struck with a fear of choking. I wasnt choking, I just suddenly got the feeling that what I had in my mouth was going tp choke me.

Since then its happened 3 or 4 times, all unprompted. Im just happily eating away and the feeling hits. I have to cut my food into miniscule sizes (like the size of a seed) and even then I feel like it might choke me.

It just happened again now - I suddenly froze with my mouth ful of food and although I had chewed it down to a pulp I was convinced I couldn't swallow it because it would get stuck so I had to spit it out.

Ive never choked before.

I have no food or eating issues.

Nothing triggered it the first time it happened

I suppose you could say I'm prone to feeling anxious and on edge.

Has anyone had anything similar happen? Its really unscary and unpleasant!

Is it a type of panic attack.

Disclaimer: I'm not a doctor so would advise a trip to see your nurse practitioner.

It sounds horrendous.

I have never had that, but I can't bare anything around my neck - like a polo neck or a scarf. Sometimes not even a necklace. I remember once I was wearing a fairly short chain and struggled to undo the catch, panicked and ended up pulling it off and breaking the chain.

Yes. I have anxiety- see your gp before you spiral into phobic behaviour. Good luck x

I've had this, and mine was anxiety. Trouble is, the more you think about it the worse it gets. I made my food smaller but it made no difference. In the end I swallowed a bigger than normal piece of food just to prove to myself that I could and it was fine. I still get it every now and then but I try to ignore it. If you're really worried though have a chat to your gp.

Yep mine was anxiety too. I used to chew my food and then gag - sometimes actually being sick. I used to panic in restaurants because I wouldn't be able to eat a meal without spitting some of it out.

I would seek help from your GP now, because in my experience this led to a massive phobia of food in general - particularly the thought of stodgy food (such as mash) and the thought of lurching hair in food (which could get caught in my throat and choke me!). I ended up eating only pre-packaged small bitey things such as crisps.

Hope you sort this out you have my real empathy