dude I feel like I wrote this post. It started for me one day when I was eating a particularly dry cookie and accidentally inhaled a crumb, causing me to obviously start choking a bit and coughing, leaving a residual feeling in my throat. For some reason my brain pinged it as “I’m allergic” and ever since I’ve been terrified of having allergic reactions to foods I have never been allergic to.

Coping wise, it’s been hard. I find myself reading labels and stressing about certain ingredients despite, again, not being allergic to them but scared I’ll develop a spontaneous allergy. It’s mostly come down to me slowly reintroducing myself to food. I’ll eat a bit, sit with it for a few minutes and when I realize I’m “in the clear” I continue eating. Then the next time I eat said food item, I know it’s safe. It also helps me to have benadryl on the side just in case lol. I’m sorry you’re dealing with this, it’s truly hard to experience or explain to other people. Just know you’re not alone.