Is this a mortal sin?

[InNeedOfChrist]

A while back, I was eating and I had a pain in my brain and was worried about having a stroke (maybe not the most rational fear) I kept eating though the pain may have gotten worse when I did. I guess I thought it might not be a mortal sin and whatever happens happens so I kept eating, though I was worried about it being mortal. Nothing bad happened by the way.

 

[JimR-OCDS]

You experience has nothing to do with sin.

See a doctor and find out what the pain was caused from.

Jim

 

[R_C]

Imprudence is the absence or lack of prudence. When this lack is a person’s own fault, it is a sin.

Imprudence includes negligence, a lack of due care which can become grave matter when concerned with something necessary to salvation.

All mortal sin requires full knowledge and deliberate consent. Ex. knowing with absolute certainty you are having a stroke and choosing to not do anything about it. Anything less seems to be venial.

At this point, I’d be more concerned about talking to a doctor than to a confessor It is better to keep a close eye on our health. Or, rather, it is prudent

 

[Geo17]

I agree with the previous answers. You need a Doctor. If this happens every time you eat or chew, go to an ER. If it’s infrequent, make an appointment with your regular Doc asap. It may be nothing, but a Doc needs to determine that.

 

[mik3]

Has a doctor told you that you are high risk for a stroke? If so then perhaps ignoring the symptom and continuing to enjoy what your eating in the face of mortal danger may qualify as gluttony(?).
BTW, it wasn’t a frozen desert was it…