Is it normal to be afraid to eat?

I am 9 weeks post op today, on a general diet and am down 60 lbs. I am noticing that I am scared to death to put solids in my mouth. I have no problem with liquids its just the solids that scare me. I have always been terrified of vomitting and have not yet experienced it. I know that I need to eat solids and get back to a normal life but I feel like I traded one eating problem for another. Before food was my best friend and now it is my enemy. I tolerate everything( but am very careful with sugar and fat intake) it's just that everytime I put something in my mouth that is not a liquid all I can think of is "What if I don't chew enough or what if my body doesn't like this". Is this normal? I don't know what to do.

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