Anyone else get immense anxiety when reading about someone dying?

[damianjmcgrath]

Rik Mayall dying from a heart problem after coming home after a jog makes me really nervous when I go for a jog. All these footballers having heart attacks freak me out, especially as they are younger and fitter than me.

For some reason, I seem to overlook the fact that Rik Mayall had a load of other health issues and the footballers had genetic problems or had never been tested before.

I've been tested so hopefully it would have shown any problems but when I hear stories, I forget all that!

[LandItInTheHudson]

I do, I get anxious as soon as I read the title, and even though I want to keep scrolling and forget about it, I click on the link and have to read about the cause of death or all the details I can find.
I'd even go on google and do some more research if I need to. I don't know why, but I hate it.
And I've heard/read about a lot of people fainting and dying while doing crossfit/soccer/etc, so that makes me worry every time I think about running.
It's like, there's no known cause, they just die mid run, it's terrifying.

[Carnation]

Big-time!!!!

[Worriedwellornot]

Yes I get this all the time. I was feeling anxious yesterday when I read about Jackie Collins. Usually it gets worse when someone is my or my children's ages :(

[farley1109]

Meee!. I read earlier about a young girl dying from cervical cancer docs fobbed her off...my heart starts racing n feel sick!.. i do the same as LandItInTheHudson i have to click on it to read the symptoms they had, cause of death ect.. n then google if i want more info on the story!.. literally just done it 10 mins ago, the story of rick tomlinson appealing for a photo of his dead son that was in his car that got pinched!.. then went on google to find out what his son died off! ��