damianjmcgrath
11-12-16, 13:19
I've had health anxiety for ages, of varying severity, often caused by triggers I know about but quite often it happens at random.
During all this time, I've never been on a flight just because I hadn't needed to.
Two days ago, I booked a quick flight from my home town to someone just an hour away. Pretty much ever since, I've had fast heart rate, over 100, pretty much constantly and an achey tight left arm. In my head, I'm not thinking about the flight, but the timing seems coincidental.
Right this second, I'm sat in departures, waiting until 2.35, and my pains are pretty bad, feeling of wanting to escape is strong and I feel like bursting. It feels like a heart problem obviously!
I've no idea where this fear has come from. I used to fly quite easily. It's only a short flight. I'm not consciously thinking of it, or imagining crashing etc. I think I'm afraid of feeling ill on the plane because there's no escape.
Has anyone else suddenly developed fears of things they used to do, and has anyone got any immediate calming techniques?
During all this time, I've never been on a flight just because I hadn't needed to.
Two days ago, I booked a quick flight from my home town to someone just an hour away. Pretty much ever since, I've had fast heart rate, over 100, pretty much constantly and an achey tight left arm. In my head, I'm not thinking about the flight, but the timing seems coincidental.
Right this second, I'm sat in departures, waiting until 2.35, and my pains are pretty bad, feeling of wanting to escape is strong and I feel like bursting. It feels like a heart problem obviously!
I've no idea where this fear has come from. I used to fly quite easily. It's only a short flight. I'm not consciously thinking of it, or imagining crashing etc. I think I'm afraid of feeling ill on the plane because there's no escape.
Has anyone else suddenly developed fears of things they used to do, and has anyone got any immediate calming techniques?