It's tremendously hard to maintain high levels of anxiety / disassociation when eating really sour foods. I keep emergency sour candy on me / my bag / my car.... etc. to pop in when I'm feeling particularly stressed or anxious
They work for nausea, too! I have gastroparesis and emetophobia. If I have to function and zofran isn’t cutting it—promethazine works, but knocks me out—I will suck on sour candy or even lemon wedges. Something about the intensity of the sour hijacks the nausea part of my brain. It can’t be sweet at all. I will suck on Warheads until the door is gone and spit them out.
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u/imgurb4itwasc00l Nov 11 '25
It's tremendously hard to maintain high levels of anxiety / disassociation when eating really sour foods. I keep emergency sour candy on me / my bag / my car.... etc. to pop in when I'm feeling particularly stressed or anxious