Skye Winter
03-01-14, 08:51
Heya everyone,
I've not been on this forum for a while!
Hope you all had a good New Year!
I'm not having such a good time at the moment...
For some reason I keep thinking "What if I have a heart attack?"
Whatever situation I'm in, I imagine what would happen if I were to have a heart attack.. o.O
For example.
I was driving to work this morning and I had a tiny twinge pain in my chest, nothing major and it went after a split second... but of course this set off my anxiety. I walked into work when I got there and I was the only one in the office, which set off my anxiety even more. For some reason I started panicking in case I had a heart attack and there was nobody around to help me...
I'm just constantly worried that I'm about to drop dead!!
Which gives me more symptoms like chest tightness and stuff... which in turn scares me more :/
I know this is relatively normal with anxiety but I just don't know how to cope with it and it's driving me up the wall...
I've had multiple ECGs/EKGs on multiple occasions in the last 2-3 years, and everything is always just fine. I'm not overweight, I don't eat super healthy but I don't eat particularly awfully either. I'm only 20 years old so I don't know why I feel this way. None of my family members have heart issues.
There is literally NO reason for me to think I'm going to have a heart attack...
But I just CAN'T budge these thoughts out of my head!!!
I'm pulling my hair out here, driving myself insane.
Please help me convince myself that I'm going to be okay :'(
Does anyone else have this uncontrollable fear?
How do you deal with feelings of inevitable doom?
Thank you for any help in advance.
Skye xo
I've not been on this forum for a while!
Hope you all had a good New Year!
I'm not having such a good time at the moment...
For some reason I keep thinking "What if I have a heart attack?"
Whatever situation I'm in, I imagine what would happen if I were to have a heart attack.. o.O
For example.
I was driving to work this morning and I had a tiny twinge pain in my chest, nothing major and it went after a split second... but of course this set off my anxiety. I walked into work when I got there and I was the only one in the office, which set off my anxiety even more. For some reason I started panicking in case I had a heart attack and there was nobody around to help me...
I'm just constantly worried that I'm about to drop dead!!
Which gives me more symptoms like chest tightness and stuff... which in turn scares me more :/
I know this is relatively normal with anxiety but I just don't know how to cope with it and it's driving me up the wall...
I've had multiple ECGs/EKGs on multiple occasions in the last 2-3 years, and everything is always just fine. I'm not overweight, I don't eat super healthy but I don't eat particularly awfully either. I'm only 20 years old so I don't know why I feel this way. None of my family members have heart issues.
There is literally NO reason for me to think I'm going to have a heart attack...
But I just CAN'T budge these thoughts out of my head!!!
I'm pulling my hair out here, driving myself insane.
Please help me convince myself that I'm going to be okay :'(
Does anyone else have this uncontrollable fear?
How do you deal with feelings of inevitable doom?
Thank you for any help in advance.
Skye xo