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When increasing food intake triggers anxiety attacks

I know I need more calories but every time I try to eat more my chest gets tight and I feel like I'm going to have a panic attack.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The body rebels against recovery as if nourishment itself were a threat, creating physiological resistance to healing.

Ideas that help explain it
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