21. Female. 5'7. 120 pounds. I usually chew my food very well into mush, but sometimes my throat will force me to swallow whenever I try to make sure the food is good enough to swallow which will sometimes cause me to have a scratchy throat when swallowing food and I will cough after from it and start to panic easily. It's so frustrating, I just started taking meds for it, but I know it will take awhile to heal my throat. I also suffer from health anxiety too, so it's really hard to convince myself that it's just my GERD symptom. I can swallow liquids down and not choke and also talk normally, feels like the food is caught in the middle of my throat and I'm very anxious right now on whether to get some help or that I will be okay. I'm only feeling the sensation and worried on choking. Should I be okay? I know my doctors told me before, if I'm talking, drinking and eating, swallowing and breathing, even though it's just a sensation, then nothing is really stuck. I'm too anxious though on trying not to think about it, how can I calm myself?