Hello! I’ve seen a handful of posts on this and that quite a few people experience this as well but wanted to see if anyone has any methods to help reduce this feeling. 

I’m diagnosed with anxiety and PTSD. Recently been back in therapy to try to resolve some recent symptoms, because honestly since covid hit, my anxiety has been fluctuating off and then on and up out through the roof. I do have some things going on that are situational that aren’t helping my anxiety which is probably why I’m experiencing this. 

So as a result, I’ve been having this lovely little symptom where its like my brain just forgets to swallow and I panic. To add insult to injury, I have a phobia of choking so its been making eating a little miserable the past week. I try and tell myself to just enjoy the food and my brain knows how to swallow and just let it do its thing. Its gotten a little better but I’m still hitting some road bumps. Also definitely haven’t been eating as much as I should as a result. 

For those who experience this, do you have any techniques that help alleviate this before or while your eating? I’ve recently also been gravitating towards softer foods as a result but I hate that I’m having to adjust my life over something as stupid as this.