I found Reddit really helpful when I first started experiencing trouble swallowing, so I thought I'd share some knowledge to help others. I never knew what it was called, so I didn't know how to tqalk about it or research help.

Hyperfixation on things going on inside your body can be OCD (sensorimotor OCD) and can be beaten when you know how! So if you have trouble with things that should be a reflex (Swallowing, breathing,  blinking etc), have a read of the site below.

You basically need to retrain your body to experience the movement without the reflexive anxiety. I've managed to make more progress by facing it in the last 6 months than I did in the 9 previous years using distraction techniques.

[https://iocdf.org/expert-opinions/when-automatic-bodily-processes-become-conscious-how-to-disengage-from-sensorimotor-obsessions/](https://iocdf.org/expert-opinions/when-automatic-bodily-processes-become-conscious-how-to-disengage-from-sensorimotor-obsessions/)