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[quote=Anonymous]This same thing happened to me when I was around 5 years old, I never told anyone that I choked on the food, and my parents never made the connection or got help for me.  It became a massive childhood issue and spiraled out of control, but I am also prone to anxiety.

The one choking incident started a 35 year phobia of choking on foods/certain foods and really limited my food intake as a child.  I also would only eat soft foods/non choking hazards after that for pretty much my entire childhood and I stopped eating nearly altogether when I was in early elementary and stopped growing for a few years.

I am short and feel that if I had eaten during that important time I'd be taller (my parents are tall and I'm pretty short).

My parents saw the weird eating patterns but never thought to send me to a therapist.  In college when I was under stress my choking phobia got much worse and at times when it got bad I lost a lot of weight.  I'm now in my 40s and it has gotten a lot better but there are still a lot of foods that I will not eat under any circumstances (like nuts).  I still cannot swallow pills, not even tiny ones because of the one choking incident.[/quote]

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