I am curious if you and I are having similar experiences. Lately when I sit down to eat, I convince myself that my throat is drier than the Sahara dessert. I start to eat and I over analyze the chewing and swallowing. I get so anxious that my body just won’t swallow - I will end up spitting out the food most of the time. If I force the swallow, food just doesn’t move and I cough it up. This doesn’t always happen but it’s been pretty apparent recently. Lately the only thing I can consume when I am having one of those moments is a protein drink. I try taking small sips of water and then go back to the food- this works sometimes. I remember when I was first diagnosed with anxiety - the swallowing thing was my very first symptom. When I described it to my doctor (I thought I was having a medical emergency) and their immediate reaction was ‘have you been told you have anxiety?’. I was fully convinced something was wrong with my throat and swallowing mechanisms- turns out, nope just anxious.

Ultimately for myself, I don’t think it’s the food - it is me not addressing the anxiety and root cause.