Laine
11-10-11, 16:12
Apologies if this has been done before but I was wondering if you could pin point what started your anxiety?
I have a health anxiety about my heart, usually waiting for it to suddenly stop beating or having a fatal heart attack. It started at the beginning of this year and I believe its because my mum died of pulmonary hypertension when she was 45 yrs old - guess how old I am in a few weeks time!! Also, a few weeks before we were due to be married I woke up one morning to find my fiance dying before my eyes due to heart failure although he'd not shown any symptoms of having a bad heart.
Deep down I know my thoughts are irrational concerning my heart but I cant help comparing my mum and fiance and thinking that the same is going to happen to me. Incidentally my dad died of a sudden brain haemorrage and my sister has had cancer but neither of these illnesses seem to bother me.
xx
I have a health anxiety about my heart, usually waiting for it to suddenly stop beating or having a fatal heart attack. It started at the beginning of this year and I believe its because my mum died of pulmonary hypertension when she was 45 yrs old - guess how old I am in a few weeks time!! Also, a few weeks before we were due to be married I woke up one morning to find my fiance dying before my eyes due to heart failure although he'd not shown any symptoms of having a bad heart.
Deep down I know my thoughts are irrational concerning my heart but I cant help comparing my mum and fiance and thinking that the same is going to happen to me. Incidentally my dad died of a sudden brain haemorrage and my sister has had cancer but neither of these illnesses seem to bother me.
xx