Hockeygirl55
26-07-18, 05:42
Hi, everyone!
I’m really having one of the most challenging times in my life right now. I’ve been off of my anxiety med (Prozac) for about 2 weeks now after weaning off slowly and just 2 days ago, I received news my ex boyfriend had passed away, he was found unresponsive in his sleep. Only 22 years old and played hockey. I have moved on years ago, I’m engaged now, but it still doesn’t change the fact that it’s so horrible and terrifying. I can’t help but think, “what if this was my fiancé?” “What if things didn’t work out between me and my ex because of this happening?” And I’m just so, so scared. I can’t stop looking at this forum with related threads to this issue. I keep telling myself that if his heart went out fo rhythm, it’s such a rare thing to happen, but it happened to someone I personally knew, so why couldn’t it happen to me or my fiancé?
I’ve had countless EKG’s done in the past and they’ve all been normal except for a higher heart rate because I was extremely nervous. My family on both sides are healthy, same with my fiancé’s, and he’s a professional baseball player, so he’s had EKG’s and an echo, all of which I assume are normal as he’s not heard anything back on them. Most posts say an EKG is what you need to find the underlying problems that cause sudden cardiac deaths, but that still hasn’t offered me much comfort. I just can’t come to terms of this happening. It’s absolutely horrifying to me, as my health anxiety mainly focuses around the heart and sudden death is one of my worst fears for myself and my loved ones.
I guess I just need some reassurance because nothing else is really working for me... I can’t imagine life without my fiancé and I am SO scared of this happening to him.
Any encouraging words and reassurance would be greatly appreciated. :( these past couple of days have been such a struggle for me. I cry at the thought of losing my fiancé or me dying in my sleep (him losing me). I’m so afraid to sleep now. I’m scared when he sleeps too.
I’m really having one of the most challenging times in my life right now. I’ve been off of my anxiety med (Prozac) for about 2 weeks now after weaning off slowly and just 2 days ago, I received news my ex boyfriend had passed away, he was found unresponsive in his sleep. Only 22 years old and played hockey. I have moved on years ago, I’m engaged now, but it still doesn’t change the fact that it’s so horrible and terrifying. I can’t help but think, “what if this was my fiancé?” “What if things didn’t work out between me and my ex because of this happening?” And I’m just so, so scared. I can’t stop looking at this forum with related threads to this issue. I keep telling myself that if his heart went out fo rhythm, it’s such a rare thing to happen, but it happened to someone I personally knew, so why couldn’t it happen to me or my fiancé?
I’ve had countless EKG’s done in the past and they’ve all been normal except for a higher heart rate because I was extremely nervous. My family on both sides are healthy, same with my fiancé’s, and he’s a professional baseball player, so he’s had EKG’s and an echo, all of which I assume are normal as he’s not heard anything back on them. Most posts say an EKG is what you need to find the underlying problems that cause sudden cardiac deaths, but that still hasn’t offered me much comfort. I just can’t come to terms of this happening. It’s absolutely horrifying to me, as my health anxiety mainly focuses around the heart and sudden death is one of my worst fears for myself and my loved ones.
I guess I just need some reassurance because nothing else is really working for me... I can’t imagine life without my fiancé and I am SO scared of this happening to him.
Any encouraging words and reassurance would be greatly appreciated. :( these past couple of days have been such a struggle for me. I cry at the thought of losing my fiancé or me dying in my sleep (him losing me). I’m so afraid to sleep now. I’m scared when he sleeps too.