Originally Posted by
ankietyjoe
I suffered with this for years after I was hospitalised with tachycardia. My HR got 'stuck' at 120-130bpm for about 36 hours. I got checked out and nothing was wrong, but in hindsight the stress I was under at that time in my life was absurd.
Anyway, that episode caused me to freak out every time my HR went about about 90bpm, causing me a lengthy period of self enforced sedentary lifestyle. The side effect of this was that it became harder and harder to do anything physical without my HR spiking as I got more out of shape.
This lasted about 5 years, until enough was enough.
I 'cured' myself by prolonged self exposure therapy. I would pace up and down until my HR got to about 100, then keep pacing for 5-10 minutes until I got used to it. I then started doing light workouts, doing push ups until my HR went up to 120-130bpm, then letting it come down again. I would then quickly do some squats.....same thing. Etc etc.
Eventually my brain remembered that my HR would go up if I exercised, and that it's fine.
You can even practice with sex, which isn't the worst thing in the world.....