Hi. I'm a 31 year old female and I've had this fear since early childhood.
The problem at the moment is that I have no appetite. It started yesterday. I worked in the early day and came home to eat lunch. I was not hungry for dinner. I only ate a small amount. Today I woke up and I'm still not hungry. I've had some mint tea and that's about it. When I'm stressed or have a panic attack, sometimes a symptom will be lack of appetite but the lack of appetite came first. This is why I am worried. I can't stop thinking about it. I don't know what to do. Otherwise, I feel relatively average. I have chronic pain issues and a side effect of one of my medications is lack of appetite but I haven't experienced it before. This is very unusual for me and I can't stop obsessively worrying.
Sorry to join and immediately post with something panicky but I don't know what else to do.