What is fear of swallowing?

Correct answer: Phagophobia

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EspritACBC
EspritACBC
RegretfulHuman68, i have a fear of swallowing large pills. getting caught half way down.
RadicalYodeler46798
RadicalYodeler46798
EspritACBC, cut the large pills in half and swallow each half with a glass of water. hope this helps.
Pentatonic Patty
Pentatonic Patty
ChampionNymph37634, Phobophobia is the fear of phobias, must be what I have when a question on phobias comes up 😂
SOS
SOS
Wow! I always thought swallowing was a natural reaction, a bit like blinking or yawning. It must be awful to suffer with this phobia😧
Fandango40011
Fandango40011
Player #574128, you humans? what are you then, a gorilla?
SOS
SOS
EspritACBC, RadicalYodeler46798, or try cutting in half & swallowing with yoghurt. That's what the palliative care nurses suggested for my Dad when he was struggling to swallow not long before he died😊
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Uninitialized
EspritACBC, I can't swallow pills full stop, needs to be liquid
Player.    Ty
Player. Ty
How do you eat?
nimblemoon
nimblemoon
FunkyMonkey, How hideously disrespectful!
penawareof
penawareof
I was never afraid to swallow but sometimes felt like I was
boogs
boogs
Melania swallows
Little Luna
Little Luna
Aniush17, 😲
Anxiety Salsa
Anxiety Salsa
when I think of this, I can only think of rabies
Andrea
Andrea
EspritACBC, I can't swallow any round pills, as they get caught in my throat.
Wannabe Vulcan
Wannabe Vulcan
ChampionNymph37634, do you mean Franklin D. Roosevelt? ("The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.")
Mark
Mark
EspritACBC, u don’t need to worry about that because the lower 2/3 of your esophagus is non voluntary muscle so anything you swallow will go down wether u want it or not
Mr_Hve_Fun
Mr_Hve_Fun
Player. Ty, I guess I ate voraciously, which is one bad habit and I suppose not healthy. I am human and I guess I was eating like an animal and that’s not cool. Also I can blame those half hours lunches when I was working in the private sector…
Mr_Hve_Fun
Mr_Hve_Fun
EspritACBC, I read people have fears because it has actually happened to them, I think I have a fear of spiders because I took a close up picture of spiders; lately If I see a fairly small spider I kill it, I reason I am bigger than this little spider. Now having written that I will get replies from those who say baby spiders have right to live, LOL!
Aniush17
Aniush17
My mind went in a totally different direction with this question here 😅
Player #34076509
Player #34076509
I had it as a kid, I was able only to eat clear soups.
Player #25874027
Player #25874027
ChampionNymph37634, phobophobia
Player #21374632
Player #21374632
RadicalYodeler46798, my son will not swallow whole pills any size , has to crush them to a powder first, even pills that are not supposed to be done that way,,
Player #11562615
Player #11562615
RadicalYodeler46798, also may i suggest juice or milk as it is a thicker consistancy
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Uninitialized
how do you pronounce that?
OdiousDervish59640
OdiousDervish59640
RadicalYodeler46798, sometimes your told to swallow the pills whole.
Tanya
Tanya
RegretfulHuman68, the article says psychogenic is the cause. Begins in mind, literally. This is not talking about physical causes.
Player #5100533
Player #5100533
I had a Girlfriend that had that..... ..... Sad.
MatrimonialScience8
MatrimonialScience8
oh my
Player #6787170
Player #6787170
EspritACBC, I find eating something small like a cracker or my favorite is a cookie throw it back when swallowing the cookie and down it goes easily, just try it!
PrototypicalTruce4
PrototypicalTruce4
penawareof, discustin
Player #5581147
Player #5581147
gamehappy0728, iw
ChampionNymph37634
ChampionNymph37634
There are so many phobias in this game, what is fear of fear itself. Sir Winston Churchill would probably know that one.
Dianna Bella74
Dianna Bella74
probably caused from being forced fed as a child.
Player #4787751
Player #4787751
Fandango40011, 😂😂👌