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Big fear when eating some food

Posted By uniformky49

"Big fear when eating some food"

About: Inclusion Thurrock (Talking Therapies)

(as a service user),

I had panick attacks and lots of physical symptoms. I got big fear to eat some food, because I felt like having allergy. Had the symptoms like swollen neck, dizziness, short of breath which makes me believe that I have allergy reaction. For some time my food list was very little basically chicken and rice. Felt every day tired no energy, got big fear to eat anything because I believe I will die after allergy reaction. I don't believe that is anxiety, well but I try to speak with specialist. After few sessions I felt much better more believing myself it takes me maybe 10 sessions to the best results. I still need to work with my self but now I feeling much better and is big thanks to all team who help me this hard time.

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Response from Chloe Anderson, Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, Inclusion Thurrock NHS Talking Therapies, Inclusion 2 years ago
Chloe Anderson
Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, Inclusion Thurrock NHS Talking Therapies,
Inclusion

Submitted on 20/08/2021 at 13:24
Published on Care Opinion at 13:24

Dear uniformky49,

That sounds like it must have been a scary time so thanks for sharing your progress with us.

Our minds and bodies are so complicated and there’s still things that we’re learning about them every day. In the not too distant past, we believed that they were completely separate and worked independently of each other, but more recently studied have shown that they’re incredibly interconnected. This can mean that we experience real, visible, physical symptoms as a result of anxiety or low mood. The symptoms of medical issues can also overlap with symptoms of things like anxiety and depression, just to make things even more confusing!

It sounds like you learned about this link and are now more able to separate the two, which has helped you to reduce your anxiety by realising that the symptoms you were having are normal and safe. Like you said, changing our thought processes and our behaviours is an ongoing process, so it’s common to still have some work to do but it sounds like now you have the skills with which to do it.

Great work and all the best,

Chloe Anderson

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