For example, if you apply for unemployment in March 2012, the base period would be October 1, 2010 though September 30, 2011 (in that example, since the last complete calendar quarter was October 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011, the base period is the four quarters preceding that one).
Rest assured that when anxiety causes a lump in the throat, it's not dangerous and it cannot stop you from breathing or prevent you from swallowing. It may feel as though you need to swallow multiple times to get the food down, but it's still just anxiety, and it can be treated by curing yourself of that anxiety.
The biggest cause, however, for the throat lump, and for the sensation that something is stuck there, is ANXIETY â including anxiety over bulbar-onset ALS. Anxiety begets the lumpy feeling in the throat. This is why, in many novels, for example, a character whoâs nervous is described as feeling âa lump in her throat.â.