Choking phobia

I am so scared of eating. I am scared I will choke to death when I eat solids. Now I am also scared to drink because I will choke on water. I don’t understand how people can eat every meal without this fear. I can’t enjoy food anymore. I don’t know how people can sit at a restaurant and eat. I am constantly scared of my family choking. I am worried that heimlich might not work. This fear is taking over my life and I hate it. I want to eat normally again. Does anyone else have this fear because I feel like I am the only one. I know someone else who has this too but I had to cut them out of my life because they were toxic/abusive.

dslite

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 35w

I had this when I was younger. It was hard, I stopped eating for a while and was wasting away in my house. But there is hope. I chew my food very finely now because of it but I am able to live again.

Emma34

Date posted: 35w

@dslite That’s so good to know that you recovered somewhat from it, we’re you able to enjoy your food now?

dslite

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 35w

@Audrey/33 I do enjoy food now! I love to eat haha.

Canigetaname...

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 34w

What’s up man hope you’re doing a little bit better, I’ve actually have had this theme or feat or whatever you want to call it before . ITS ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING every time you eat you fear that you’ll choke and everything you’re saying in this post I went through at the time. Honestly the only thing that helped me was eating a little bit every so often in the day, I used to get so frustrated when I’d fail and wouldn’t be able to finish my food bc I was so terrified. Eat with someone you feel comfortable with for a little watch some tv while you eat but what I think was the most important thing I did was accept the fact that I could choke on the food I mean to fair anyone can ik so many people who have choked before or almost have. I eat pretty normal now whenever I’m hungry I eat, I go out to eat. Occasionally I still get the thought what if I choke but I just say maybe. You got this keep going don’t avoid eating because it will make things only worse for yourself health wise ocd wise all of the above it’s not good even a little bit of food is better then no food. Much love to you bro hope you get through this💪

Emma34

Date posted: 33w

@Canigetanamenifocdsucks69 Hey I seen this, thank you so much for this. This has caused me to stop enjoying eating food and is just a massive nightmare and literally no one else understands except that one toxic person I cut off. Has it gotten better for you? Did you recover completely or does it come and go?

Emma34

Date posted: 33w

@Canigetanamenifocdsucks69 I know you said you eat pretty normal now but I meant like is it something that comes and goes for you or did it come one time and stayed until you worked through it and can eat again?

Canigetaname...

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 33w

@Emma34 I mean ya I’d say recovered almost completely off it, and by that I don’t let it hinder me eating anymore I mean sometimes I do get scared but I just keep eating bc if I stop it’s like giving power to the thought. It just passes by just like any other thought (that’s not intrusive😭) but i completely get it it’s definitely isolating bc the majority of people Ik haven’t gone through this but within the ocd community it’s more common then you’d think. Drink some protein shakes to keep your nutrients up i remember during this time (it lasted a couple months) i lost sooooo much weight and was on the verge of passing out on multiple occasions also was extremely irritable. The best way to get back to normal is eating though start off small. You got this you’ll be able to enjoy a meal again in no time just trust your self trust your body and in weeks or months however long it takes you’ll look back on it and be like wow that sucked ass thank god i through it.

Canigetaname...

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 33w

Sorry about that being so long but if you any more questions don’t be afraid to ask, you got this keep going. Ik it’s cliche but it does get better

MichaelVu2010

Date posted: 22w

Somatic Ocd

Hello, Yesterday I’ve suddenly had problems with swallowing and my anxiety. like im scared of choking and would have a panic attack every-time i try to swallow food or water. Is there anyway to treat this?

jamba

Date posted: 14w

Anybody else?

I am so tired of having intrusive thoughts everytime i try to eat anything cause my mind immediately goes to “what if this tastes like human meat” “what if the texture is like human meat” and i have to stop eating and i start crying it annoys me so bad and i lost some weight because of it i just want to be normal again and to stop these thoughts they happened out of nowhere and i talked to some people about it and they tell me what cannibals have said and it has made things so much worse tbh im just so exhausted and i wanna eat healthy again

berrybrynn

Date posted: 4w

is this hyper fixation off

i’m not trying to ask for reassurance but is this ocd? I’ve had religious OCD Harlow city and pure OCD before and I’m still going through it but basically today I was putting on lipgloss and it got into my mouth and it was like a overwhelming flavor. It tasted gross and then I choked on my spit and I have a sore throat right now, but I choked on my spit and ever since that it feels like there’s so much saliva in my mouth and it feels like hard to like catch my breath like the feeling you get when you’re like, gasping for air after choking that’s kinda how I’m feeling without like the gasping part but it just feels like I’m like swallowing on command and I’ve had like breathing fixation before so I don’t know if this is just like fixating on my swallowing but it’s bothering me and I don’t know if it’s cause I have a sore throat but yeah basically kind of feels like I’m drowning like inside my mouth like there’s just like so much saliva in my mouth and like I have to swallow like every second and I just feel like I can’t breathe when I swallow for some reason kinda

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