tn13
17-02-18, 22:52
This morning I woke up early and had a pain in my chest close to my left armpit when I breathe in. With being up for a bit it got better then I went back to sleep and when I woke up it was gone unless I breathe in really forcefully.
Now I'm scared about things like pulmonary embolism and collapsed lung in addition to fear earlier in the week that something's wrong with my heart. But mostly now I'm hyper-aware of my breathing, even though it's normal and pain-free. This happens to me every so often. If you do this, how do you deal with it?
I'm feeling really down that my health anxiety is coming back because it's been good for about 4 1/2 years. I feel hopeless because I've already been through therapy and whatnot, and I can't see the therapist who helped me the most anymore because she was with my university and I'm not a student anymore, and I really don't want my psychiatrist to put me on more/different drugs. I'm embarrassed that I've been on medication for 7 years; I thought I'd be off it by now.
Now I'm scared about things like pulmonary embolism and collapsed lung in addition to fear earlier in the week that something's wrong with my heart. But mostly now I'm hyper-aware of my breathing, even though it's normal and pain-free. This happens to me every so often. If you do this, how do you deal with it?
I'm feeling really down that my health anxiety is coming back because it's been good for about 4 1/2 years. I feel hopeless because I've already been through therapy and whatnot, and I can't see the therapist who helped me the most anymore because she was with my university and I'm not a student anymore, and I really don't want my psychiatrist to put me on more/different drugs. I'm embarrassed that I've been on medication for 7 years; I thought I'd be off it by now.