I am female and 41 years old. It might be a phobia too. It all started 2 years ago, but never got crazy untill about 6 months ago now. I choked on some rice and everything flashed through my mind of what a choking person goes through and it was happening to me.
Since that time I had a hard time to eat rice, and I thought I would going to choke each time and I did few times. I ended up caughing alot and drinking water and stop eating what I was eating.
Now the past few months its worse, I find myself stop eating just as I started to eat, and I have to spit out my food in fear of choking. Sometimes the food would sit at the back of my throat and I cant breath or scared to breath, then I panic, spit my food out and drink water and brush my teeth so there is no food left in my mouth. I'm getting tired of it, i'm thinking its a phobia and wondering if there is a way to stop it. I am over weight already, but I dont feel its because of that at all.
Can someone tell me if they know a reason behind this? I want to be normal agian.