text: accidentally have you ever bitten your own tongue while munching food? i have had the experience quite a few times. it will be agonising experience, of course, momentarily. at the same time, the tasty food in your mouth will be goading you to munch further! at that particular moment you will be in a dilemma whether to munch or not. one of the worst things about biting your tongue when eating is it will swell up and cause you to bite it repeatedly - i hate it when that happens!