All the rabies threads on here got me scared

[Sacto]

I’ve been having a hard time swallowing lately. Like I’ll have some water in my mouth and then all of a sudden I just feel like I can’t swallow it. It’s like my throat wants to close up. It doesn’t happen all the time. Just like every few days it’ll happen and then when I fixate on it it’ll keep happening. I’m also having awful reflux so I think it’s probably partly caused by that. But then I read some posts on here about people’s rabies fears and now I’m terrified because someone wrote about the throat muscles spasming with rabies and I almost feel
like that’s what’s happening. I don’t have pets or any reason to think I’ve been exposed recently but the symptom is so weird that it’s terrifying me anyway.

 

[Phillies Phan]

Classic anxiety, made worse by your hyper-focusing on it. Perhaps the reflux plays a role. Don’t go down that rabbit hole where you have absolutely zero chance of that happening. Move on..nothing to see here.

 

[Sacto]

Thank you. That really helps.

 

[Cuchculan]

Just block those people who make all the rabies post. As in put them on ignore. Then you won't be able to see any post they make.

 

[bigjetplane23]

Unfortunately, that’s the downside of these forums. They can help us but can also trigger us.
For example, amplifying our anxiety over a concern that we already had OR adding a new trigger for us over something we didn’t even know was a thing.

 

[restlessduck]

I’ve been having a hard time swallowing lately. Like I’ll have some water in my mouth and then all of a sudden I just feel like I can’t swallow it. It’s like my throat wants to close up.

That has happened to me few times. I have even choked before. It's a physical symptom of anxiety and can be very distressing.

 

[blueberries]

If you had rabies this wouldn't be happening to you every few days. It would be getting worse and worse and you would be in bed because there are so many other symptoms.