Don't worry, just go slow and take things day by day. Even if it feels like it won't get better, it will.
I'm 26 as well, good age to be, hey? :) I have the fear of swallowing I guess it would be, I'll start eating something then near the end the food feels like it's getting stuck even though I know it's not, so I'll panic and not want to eat anymore.
Any fear can be hard to work through but it's totally doable as this site has shown me. Just work at it day by day and you'll start getting better. It will be slow and you'll still have bad days but just remember that even if it's small, progress is progress. Any progress is a good thing :)
I've had a bad couple of days myself as well :( Going back to the eating thing, it's really frustrating when you're doing so well and then you slip again. It's hard sometimes to remind myself that it will get better because some days it really doesn't feel that way.
Eating is actually why I'm here. Swallowing makes me very anxious at times.
Dee:
I was doing really great until a few days ago. I don't know what's changed between then and now but I just have to tell myself that I did it before and can do it again. The small meals work great but it's hard to force myself to eat atm, not feeling the hunger that usually pushes me through. I think that I may be getting sick so I'll tough it out to see if that's what it is.
Whatever it is though I'm sure we'll both get through it
It's definately a very bad cold. My nose is runny/stuffy, I'm coughing/sore throat and my appetite is gone. I'm sure when it's over it will be ok. Fish pie, I've never had it, is it good?
Hope everything is going better for you Dee :)
Brenna: No worries, thanks for the kind words. I'm thinking that once this cold/flu (who knows what it is at this point) is over then I can go back to working on my fear. My fiancee is very good about it and has supplied me with an arsenal of soup until it's over. When it was really bad before I couldn't even eat soup but I can manage to eat soup when I'm sick so I know it's getting better. It's only a matter of time.
I went to a family get together when I was a child and got a fish bone stuck in my throat as well. I actually was choking on it in front of everyone, horrible day that even now I still remember how I was feeling at the time. I couldn't eat fish for a long time after that. I'm also very careful when I eat fish now, the bones really scare me because of that. I've always wondered if that day was one of the catalysts since it tends to pop into my head sometimes when I panic.
When I heard fish pie I was thinking that it sounded kind of gross but your description of it sounds actually quite tasty, I'll have to try it some time in the future
The whole thing that drives me nutty about this fear is that I absolutely LOVE food. It's really disheartening. I have these cookies that I adore sitting in my pantry but I can't make myself eat any of them atm. I have all these ingredients for various meals sitting in my fridge that I just can't bring myself to make lately.
I'm actually going in to have my tonsils looked at next week because I noticed white lumpies on them. My throat has really been bothering me and sore so going to see if maybe it's tonsilitis or something. I almost feel like I'd feel better having them out.
Didn't mean to hijack your thread there, it's really great to know there's someone else around here who knows what it's like and it's a real boost when I get to read that you're doing well, it makes me feel like I can do it too some days. I'm glad to read that you're doing better today!
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