food phobia caused by almost choking ? Posted: 02-11-08 19:41pm
I am female and 41 years old. It might be
a phobia too. It all started 2 years ago,
but never got crazy untill about 6 months
ago now. I choked on some rice and
everything flashed through my mind of what
a choking person goes through and it was
happening to me.
Since that time I had a hard time to eat
rice, and I thought I would going to choke
each time and I did few times. I ended up
caughing alot and drinking water and stop
eating what I was eating.
Now the past few months its worse, I find
myself stop eating just as I started to
eat, and I have to spit out my food in
fear of choking. Sometimes the food would
sit at the back of my throat and I cant
breath or scared to breath, then I panic,
spit my food out and drink water and brush
my teeth so there is no food left in my
mouth. I'm getting tired of it, i'm
thinking its a phobia and wondering if
there is a way to stop it. I am over
weight already, but I dont feel its
because of that at all.
Can someone tell me if they know a reason
behind this? I want to be normal agian.
