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Hey everyone,
I wondered if others are as "in tune" with their heartbeats, as I am. If It's beating too fast it scares me , if it's beating too slow it scares me. I keep telling myself, "well, make up your mind already." I definately get in a tizzy when it skips or flutters, I also walk around feeling out of breath alot kind of like a vise around my chest. I 'm curious if others feel the same way. I must admit I take my pulse many times a day, how can I stop doing this? When my heart is beating slower around the 60's that is especially when my chest feels tight. I have had more tests on my heart than I can count, all come back fine(thank God) Any advice on how to overcome this obsession?
Thanks a bunch,
Terri Lynn
Hi, meg will be along soon with some of the many threads posted on this subject. I have trouble with my heart too and try to ignore the problems, easier said than done I know. Worrying about it just makes it worse, anyway Im sure you will feel better when you have read the threads, take care
love from Alexisxx
If I help one person today it was worth getting up.
http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/default.asp?t=cms&c=palpitations
palpatations (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2284)
Missed heartbeats! (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3186)
sorry for being silly....but.... (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3320)
Palpitations? Reassurance needed and some answers! (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3371)
Missed heartbeat question again (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3550)
IS THERE ANYMORE I CAN DO???? (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3784)
ectopic heart beats (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4664)
Doc made ectopic fear worse (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4849)
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Skipped Beats (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5078)
Heart reassurance (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5282)
New to site.....Palpatation freinds!!!!! (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5204)
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Multiple Skipped Beats (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5424)
Skipped Beats AGAIN!!! (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5639)
Meg
www.anxietymanagementltd.com
Your anxiety is the human representation of the pictures that you paint using your many vivid colours of revolving and reoccurring thoughts.
How big is your gallery ?
lol, told you Meg would be along, keep us informed if they help etc
love from Alexisxx
If I help one person today it was worth getting up.
I first got into panic attacks (probably not the correct phrasing!) when I started worrying about my heart. I was probably about 10 and used to lay in bed with my hand on it hoping it woudln't stop as I listened to it beating. My mum took me to the Doctors because I must have mentioned to it - he correctly diagnosed that it was completely healthy and that I worry to much.
Many years have passed since that time and I still occasionally catch my breath if my heart flutters. However, I am completely happy that there is nothing wrong with it as I am sure is the same for you. The real problem you have (which is the same problem I had when I was younger), was that I was thinking about it too much - what better time than when laying in bed!
You might be pleased to know that a slow resting heart rate shows you are healthy. Atheletes at the peak of their fitness have very low resting heart rates. It's also good to get your heart pumping over 120 bpm for at least 20 mins a day. This helps to keep it "fit" - it's a muscle after all.
Don't be tricked into constantly thinking something is wrong - find something to occupy your mind. I find putting headphones on and listening to music or a phone in is a great way to escape.
Take care,
Davey
My panics also started about my heart. I don't even think about it now though, try and keep yourself distracted.
Hi Terri Lyn
I have the same feeling as you at the moment i am getting ectopic heartbeats and flutters on and of i to scares me. Also i feel my pulse from time to time. I try not to let it bother me but when i have them alot it does get me freaked out. There are alot of others on here with the same problem with their heart i think its all down to anxiety. The worse thing is though i still get them when i'm not panicky.
take care
linda
Hi
I can relate to this.....i tend to think about my heart and my lungs, esp at night-time when im trying to sleep. This has led me to have panic attacks. It is strange, it's like not really having control over these organs that we know are important! I have started a little routine before i go to bed.....it involves lavender oil(in burner and on pillow) and reading till my eyes are relaxed, then i play some very chilled out music that gets me to sleep.....Its good and has helped.
All the best T.L
Kt x
Hello Friends,
I cannot recall how I happened across this site but I can sincerely say I am very grateful and thankful that I did
All the postings and certainly the great folks in the chat room I have met have been a wonderful support system
I have suffered with anxiety for well over 20 years with the onset occuring approximately a year after the birth of my first child. I am a bigtime worrier and have health anxiety. I have never been on meds ( except for Valium when I fly as I am a fearful( terrified lol) flyer) as I am a meds phobe.
I have had a smorgasbord of symptoms over the years which seem to rotate- the most recent unwelcome visitor have been those annoying and scarey missed heartbeats. With it I also get a sense of tightness in my throat and often a feeling of a need to cry.
I went to my husband's doc last summer as mine was overseas. Yipes- I wouldnt use him again that is for sure. I was new to him and in spite of my having told him I was an extremely anxious person he made comments that just about made me jump through the ceiling.
I briefly told him I had these missed beats and he said that if you have enough of them they could be dangerous- you cannot imagine how many times I have replayed that in my mind. He did do an EKG and it was fine- he said the holter can also be done- I didnt pursue it as I didnt like his bedside manner- he sent me for a chest x ray and since then even my hubby admits that this guy likes to bill!!!!
I spoke of this to my doc when he returned from overseas- he was totally cool with it and said he could send me to a zillion cardiologist but didnt think it was a thing- he added- " You are still here talking to me arent you?" I love a doc with a good sense of humor
I can go weeks or months without having them and then "hello, we're baccccccck!"
I truly believe they are due to anxiety and certainly scanning the horizon for them will only make one tense thus fertile soil for them to appear.
I was fine yesterday and then this morning I was speaking to the secty at work- she had a stillborn child 2 years ago- at the same time we were speaking of baby names ( she has since had another child) and I mentioned that my cousin's boy has the same name as her son- of course this cousin I was speaking of lost a son in June- awful for all of us in the family- WHAM! that is when I got the missed beat
That I can understand but sometimes as I know other of you have experieneced it seems to come out of the blue or when you do not feel anxious
For those of you that are not familiar with her books, Claire Weekes, mentions and explains missed beats and palps etc in her books. I adored these books and have them nearby always. She gives a simple and comforting description of them- they are harmless she says and adds that exercise abolishes them. She also speaks of not listenting in to one's body and not being duped by physical sensations of no great medical significance. Now if only I can get that thought into my head and other non pleasant thoughts out- LOL. The " what if" thoughts and catastrophic thinking are the worst for folks like us- they add fuel and plenty of it to the fire
God Bless you all
Let's continue supporting and comforting one another as we certainly can best relate to each other
Angstsoup
janeybaby25
29-05-08, 11:12
Hi, yes I can relate to this. I am obessed with checking my pulse & worried its going to go too fast. But in my care, I actually do have a heart condition. I was born with a hole in my heart & I was fine for 23yrs, then I suddenly started getting palpatations & had to have an ICD fitted. I am fine now & go for check ups every 6mths but for the past 5yrs since I have had the ICD I am always thinking whats going to go wrong next & then I start to feel dizzy, lightheaded tummy hurts & I end up going to A&E which shows I am fine. I can't be doing with these feelings anymore & feels like no one understands. :weep:
I understand i am with you on this, it seems to be worse at night i will listen to my heartbeat, feel it and get nervouse about the sensations
Hello all
I have been on antidepressants for approx 2 years. I have stopped taking them for the last 3 months as I felt alot better, but gradually the famailar heart ponding is coming back...its like my heart is racing out of my chest...its always worse at night when I home in on it!! im getting obsessed with it too..I have now started taking ST johns Wort, (for the last two days) to see if this makes any difference with my anxiety..I really want to not have to go back on the meds...
Hi Terry
I am also obsessed with my heart so I know how you feel. I get ectopic heartbeat as well which sometimes feel as if there is not enough blood pumping to my head a nd i get dizzy.
I constantly touch my chest to feel whether its actually beating if i cant feel my pulse. When it beats fast i am wondering whether everything is ok.
I am so scared of hospitals and dying which doesnt help.
Astra
eternalrose81
27-06-08, 09:11
I can completely relate to your problem. When I first started having my attacks, I would take my pulse compulsively. I was always worried about it. I had gone a really long time without having an attack, but I had one tonight. I had been checking my pulse the past couple of days and I couldn't figure out why I was doing it. I guess subconsciously I knew that an attack was coming.
I think the best way I deal with it, when I am not having attacks, is to listen to my heart beat and try to find it soothing, like I was listening to the rain or a clock ticking. I hope that helps.
Hi
I too can understand eactly where you are coming from. I was completely obsessed with my heart beats and if they were going too fast. I used to constantly check them wherever I was, even driving the car I would be putting my hand on my heart to see what it was up to. But more recently I have learnt to just accept that my heart has been beating since the day I was born ( well even before that) and it hasn't let me down yet. Constantly checking makes you more anxious and so obviously can raise your heart beat.
I also found that when I stopped checking and obsessing about it the ectopics started to calm down,to the point where I don't get many now, maybe a couple of times a week.
You have to try and tell yourself that life is for living not worrying, and if you did have something wrong with your heart you would have known by now. Anxiety is a very powerful thing and it can give you all kinds of very real symptoms. It is hard to start letting go of all that fear, and I've found that it takes practice, but it is possible.
Remember that if you EVER did get into real difficulties regarding your heart, someone, where ever you were, would get you help. Don't live your life in fear of what might never be, enjoy it and try not to focus on your body so much.
Superturtle
04-07-08, 16:54
Hello
I can completely relate to you. My panic started with palpitations due to excess caffeine. I am now obsessed with my heartbeat and have developed ectopics as a result.
I managed to get rid of them last year by doing gentle exercise, being really careful with the diet etc and I felt better. As I got fitter, I began to worry les about my heart. Unfortunately I let it all go, and now back at square 1. Anyway, I am now trying my best to do it again.
I suggest you challenge yourself not to take your pulse for a day. Then extend the periods. When you can feel it without taking your pulse (e.g. in bed) , try acceptance rather than wishing you didn't feel it. I am doing Mindfulness based stress reduction which is helping.
Best of luck
I am constantly worried that there is something wrong with my heart, even though I have been to two specialists. I have PVC's...I think these are the same as ectopics. They scare me so much. Sometimes I get them out of no where. I am not stressed, maybe just sitting reading and I will get one. Then I worry that I will get another and I wait for it to happen. I am so tired of living like this. I just want to go back to being normal again.
There are a great number of us on here that are worried about our hearts. Anxeity can mimic heart symptoms so well it is hard not to worry. I am completely obsessed and have had more EKG's than I can count and a stress test and atleast 4 echocardiograms, holter monitor atleast 3 times and an event monitor! There was never anything found. However that does not stop my worry. I am 32 and by my age my father had his first heart attack and bypass surgery already. He died at 40. I truly dont know if I can ever get over the fear of my heart having something wrong but I do hope too. I hope we all can!
Hi everyone, this is my first post. This thread is exactly why I found this site today.
I have suffered with health anxiety for about 4 years now and it all started with my heart. I have had all the tests and everything was fine. I have taken myself to ER three times!
I do worry that those test were about 3 years ago and that I may have developed something in between!
Last night was my worst 'attack' yet. My heart rate was 144 and my blood pressure went up also, probably due to the panic/stress. BP was 143/103. Never been that high. Took it all this morning and it is back to normal BP 125/75 and heart rate of between 65 and 75 depending on what I have just been doing!
Its HORRIBLE. I thought I had learnt to live with it, when smack it comes back and slaps you round the face, shouting 'I'm back'!!
I do think a lot of mine is down to the perimenopause as it is one of the major symtoms and I also have some other symtoms.
Hey Hum!
jenfromdenver
09-07-08, 21:33
i go through phases, but generally when i have a full blown panic attack its heart related. I have had numerous EKGs, chest CAT scans, and on and on and its always fine.
i recently finished reading the Anxiety and Phobia Workbook, Im not sure of the author, but in there it details symptoms, and in the chest pain section it states that heart attack pain will get worse with movement, while anxiety pain will get worse with rest. This made sense for me, as when I lay down my anxiety and thus chest pain seem to get insanely worse then if I get up and walk around. Likewise, it makes sense that if youre heart is having problems, obviously moving and making it work harder would increase the pain.
that helps me alot, I will get up and do a few jumping jacks, or march in place and if I dont fall over dead I assume I'm okay and eventually the pain lessens.
however, on high anxiety days I can go through an entire 40 aerobics session without my chest pain lessoning. However, it doesnt get worse and I dont fall over, so again, I assume its just anxiety.
raising my heart rate through exercise was really really scary for me in the begining. I was convinced I was going to fall over dead and made sure someone was around just in case. As time has gone by, I havent died, so the anxiety around it has lessoned. But some days are better than others. I think thats the hardest part for me, not knowing what to expect from my body/mind. somedays im totally fine, other days getting out of bed and driving to work seems completely overwhelming.
hope that helps a little.
Wow, I can not belive I found people with same feeling as me. In brief I had a lump in my left breast acompanied by sharp pains went to my doctor then waited ages to see a specialist and have a scan. The result was there is nothing wrong with you. Eventualy the lump went, but the pain in my left breast was still there, so I went back to the doctor and had an ECG done, plus numerous trips to the A&E as I tho I was having a heart attack I know that sound silly, but since then all I do it worry about my heart which I belive leads to many of my panic and anxiety attacs. Im glad I found this website and I can finilly relate to people with same worries. You may wonder how I cope with it, well not to well to be honest but I try my best as I got two little once to think about. I normally try and distract myself or talk to my friends or hubby.
Thank you all for your post xxxxx
Hi. I am new to this site and have just read ur message. I worry about my heart to. If i have a pain in my arm or chest i think i'm having a heart attack. How do u deal with it?
I often worry about pains in my arm and hand. It seems to come at the same time I have heartburn, so of course I think I am having a heart attack. I don't know how to deal with it. Meditating to relieve stress does help, especially if you have a guide. There are CD's you can get that help you, but it seems to only help while I am doing it.
noworriesnocries
13-07-08, 21:41
I had the same issue. I was scared and nervous when it was fast, I was scared and nervous when it is slow...Here are some stuff about heart to remember:
1) When you are active, even picking up things around the house, it beats faster.
2) At night, when woken up from sleep, it is extremely slow because you are resting...
3) Panic attacks don't cause heart attaks or any heart problems. Although it is very painful when your pulse is way way high...
4) Your heart rate can be regulated by breathing techniques right before, during, and after an attack. Yet, you have to exercise these techniques prior to an attack like 10 min. everyday so you feel more in control when you want to adopt them during an attack.
5) Hyperventilation does not help heart rate during an attack. If you think you are hyperventilating or have been diagnoised with hyperventilation, use a paperbag to breath in and out from. It regulates the oxygen level in your body by reserving some of the CO2 needed...
I used to check my pulse constantly (sometimes more than 10 times a day) by putting my two fingers on my neck. The palpitations were so strong, I felt my heart rate in my ears... When I obsessed about my heart rate, and feel palpitations but there were no tingling, or numbness (which are signs of hyperventilation), I used to take a warm shower. It really helps... If it helps, try to sing a song in the shower. Trying to remember the words will distract you from focusing on your heart rate. Even if you have the urge don't take your BP all the time... It will just hype the feeling of worry and nervousness... Start a very moderate or mild exercise program (ie. golfing, walking, streches...). These will increase your heart rate a little (not as severly as in an attack or as if you are running a marathon). You will get used to the feeling of your pulse (since you are more aware of it during mildexercise), and a little fast heart rate. After sometime, your body will stop worrying about it, as it is happening more often in a controlled situation (as in exercising)... If you feel dizzy or lightheaded, tell yourself to snack something healthy like an apple. Wash the apple, core it, cut it into pieces, take your time to distract yourself... You will feel better soon.
PS: All this time since birth, you had your heart rate sometimes up sometimes down. It never failed you. Remember this. You do not have heart problems... You are just more aware of it due to anxiety attacks... If palpitations are bothersome, and if you are not taking any meds. talk with your doc. Beta-blockers helped me...
Robolovsky
20-09-08, 20:46
Having read so much encouraging stuff on this site I have finally taken the big step and registered so that I can tell my own story.
So much of what I have read here relates to my own situation. It all started about 5 years ago when I would notice that, for no obvious reason I would sometimes begin to feel on edge and have palpitations while relaxing. Having been a panic attack sufferer for several years in the 80's and having largely overcome the symptoms with self-help guides, I could tell that these feelings were not what I had experienced before.
I started to obsess about my breathing and heartbeat and developed a behavioral pattern of tightening my muscles (back, stomach etc.) when these feelings occurred. Somehow by doing this I felt that I was preventing the feelings getting worse. Needless to say the feelings only increased with time.
Like many people here I found that when I was actively involved in something which would take my mind off my health, I would never experience the discomfort but as the years went by I noticed that I was beginning to monitor myself more and more which lead to attacks occurring more frequently.
I am now at a stage where it is becoming very difficult to function normally some of the time. I have days when there is very little disruption and days when it is there most of the day. It usually starts with a feeling in the stomach that all is not well. This in turn triggers the panic cycle, palpitations and the now automatic muscle tightening. The muscle tightening is sometimes so severe that I feel that I cannot move. I know that if I concentrate really hard I can make my muscles relax and am often able to do this, only to have them tighten up again shortly after.
I do not really have chest pain or in fact anything that I would call pain, the worst feelings come from the severe tightening of my stomach muscles which in turn makes me feel that I cannot breathe. I can of course breathe and again, with concentration, I do this.
I have a theory about the anxiety. Around about the time it all started my wife's father died suddenly of heart failure while driving home. Following that, over the next few months and years I heard instances of other people being fine one minute and dropping down the next. I think that subconsciously I began to obsess about this likelihood and unwittingly allowed the fear of this happening to me, to take a hold of my mind. Indeed the first ever symptoms I remember were actually of driving along and noticing that for some strange reason all my muscles were tensing up. This behaviour was and still is particularly prominent if there was/is someone else in the car who I was/am talking to.
The real problem is that I now appear to be in a vicious circle with no way of breaking out. I have only recently seen my GP for the first time about the problem. He ordered blood tests and an ECG. The blood showed no issues but my anxiety got the better of me and the ECG was inconclusive. I am now due to see a cardiologist in a couple of weeks time to rule out any issues there.
In the meantime I am becoming desperate to live a normal life again. I love life, indeed it is undoubtedly my fear of dying that is the ultimate problem here. I am somewhat loath to resort to medication but fear that in the short term it may be the only answer. Worryingly, a couple of glasses of red wine is currently about the only thing that calms the symptoms ad obviously I cannot resort to that at every occurrence.
This thread has been a great comfort and if there is anyone out there who has any further advice or reassurances I would love to hear them.
Hi Janey,
I totally understand, I've had anxiety for over two years the first year was the worst. It all started with chest pains and what felt like my heart missing a beat. Then the panic attacks started, and all the other terrifying symptoms that go with anxiety I was in A&E nearly everyday convinced I was having a heart attack or stroke etc, only to be sent home being told evrything was fine. I believe I developed this as I ahd a bad abusive partner two years leading up to the start of my anxiety and the stress had taken its toll on my body and was released through these horrible symptoms with my heart. have you ever wondered if maybe the worry of your heart condition has led to more stress on yourself which then results in palpatations or even panic?? I think the key for you is to stop worrying all together, you say your heart condition is under control and you are fine, so try to remind yourself of this regularly. Stay positive and hopefully your palpations will gradually get less. good luck xx
Hey everyone,
I wondered if others are as "in tune" with their heartbeats, as I am. If It's beating too fast it scares me , if it's beating too slow it scares me. I keep telling myself, "well, make up your mind already." I definately get in a tizzy when it skips or flutters, I also walk around feeling out of breath alot kind of like a vise around my chest. I 'm curious if others feel the same way. I must admit I take my pulse many times a day, how can I stop doing this? When my heart is beating slower around the 60's that is especially when my chest feels tight. I have had more tests on my heart than I can count, all come back fine(thank God) Any advice on how to overcome this obsession?
Thanks a bunch,
Terri Lynn
Hi Terri,
Reading your story is like reading my own, I too am obsess with my heart, I am scared when it beats too fast, scared when it beats too slow or normal, i then have a panic attacks and get it to beat fast again, it's a vicious circle, i've had couple of ECGs and everything is fine, i too keep taking my pulses, in the ent it takes over your life. I am still fighting to stop being obsess. The most I hate is when you can hear your heart beat loudly, it keep me awake at night, it is so exhausting.
I am sorry i can't give you any advice, but i hope i can reassure you that you are not alone. this is all to do with phobias and anxiety.
hope that help,
take care
helen:hugs:
hi everyone, im female 32 with 2 kids. i have suffered panick attacks for many years now. i dont no brought them on but i have been in hospital so many times now, had checks at doctors ecgs blood test heart scan and they say all is ok. if i was ok would i be feeling ill every day im so depressed with it all i feel i cant cope with life at times. my symptoms are heart beats that can be 140bpm then 48bpm my bp is up and down. chest pain and tightness, pain in arms hands legs face and head, stomache problems, feeling dizzy, off balance, feeling or being sick mostly in morning when i wake up sweats shakes, legs go like jelly, the list goes on but no matter how many times doctors tell me im ok i just cant believe them because of all my symptoms they are there everyday 7 days a week my family are begining to get upset by me running to hospital all time but it make me feel better when i get checked out they say its not ur heart but when it happens again ur still scared that this time it could be right now my throat and chest is tight and have pain inbetween shoulder blades and feel sick
i'm the same its is going fast i panic if its going slow i panic i'm always cheaking my pulse all the time ifi have a pain inmy cheast i thinki'm having a heart atack.
I completely understand! That was my main problem too. Maybe try breathing techniques to calm yourself down. Or distraction-watch/read something happy. Long-term regular exercise will (obviously) increase your heart rate but it really has some beneficial effects as it releases happy hormones :) Yoga, swimming, gym etc etc- whatever you enjoy most or works for you. I was PA free for a year because of regular exercise!
Take care!
xxx
cassyballerina
14-07-09, 16:55
I too get stressed out about my heart and constantly listen to it beating. But I actually have a heart condition called Long QT Syndrome which after being diagnosed in April 09, I had an ICD implanted. The LQTS causes my heart rate to sky rocket over 300 beats per minute at any given moment. The ICD "shocks" your heart to go back into a normal rhythm if it goes over a certain rate (mines now set at 300 beats). Im scared of it going off again which feels a bit like a horse kicking you in the chest. I started to suffer from anxiety shortly after my op, and at the thought of going back to work I had my first panic attack which sent my heart rate to reach over 200 beats per minute which for the first time set off my ICD 4 times in a row (at the time set to discharge at 200). My heart wasn't even beating at a dangerous rhythm, just a naturally fast heart rate that was fine for my age.
And as for everyone who gets the ectopic heart beats, I get these too and is the apparent cause for my heart rate to increase rapidly. Being said, have no fear, they are common, and occur in 30 out of 100 people and nearly always have no complications. Also, my condition is GENETIC affecting about 1 in 5000 people and I get my anxiety from this!
Im nearly 20 and in a matter of months, I had my life turned upside down. I will never be "normal" again and I'm trying to accept that. It's just that i have to find a way to be as "normal" as possible.
I wish go0d luck to you all :)
cassyballerina
14-07-09, 16:56
I too get stressed out about my heart and constantly listen to it beating. But I actually have a heart condition called Long QT Syndrome which after being diagnosed in April 09, I had an ICD implanted. The LQTS causes my heart rate to sky rocket over 300 beats per minute at any given moment. The ICD "shocks" your heart to go back into a normal rhythm if it goes over a certain rate (mines now set at 300 beats). Im scared of it going off again which feels a bit like a horse kicking you in the chest. I started to suffer from anxiety shortly after my op, and at the thought of going back to work I had my first panic attack which sent my heart rate to reach over 200 beats per minute which for the first time set off my ICD 4 times in a row (at the time set to discharge at 200). My heart wasn't even beating at a dangerous rhythm, just a naturally fast heart rate that was fine for my age.
And as for everyone who gets the ectopic heart beats, I get these too and is the apparent cause for my heart rate to increase rapidly. Being said, have no fear, they are common, and occur in 30 out of 100 people and nearly always have no complications. Also, my condition is GENETIC affecting about 1 in 5000 people and I get my anxiety from this!
Im nearly 20 and in a matter of months, I had my life turned upside down. I will never be "normal" again and I'm trying to accept that. It's just that i have to find a way to be as "normal" as possible.
I wish go0d luck to you all :)
I first started having panic attacks because I thought that my increased heart rate at that moment, was a sign of having a heart attack...
God if I could have taken that moment back, and known what was actually happening...but you don't...and thats why it is so scary...because you truly believe that you are going to have a heart attack and die (ps, thats the real fear that one needs to work with)
The arousal from anxiety is not a heart attack...and it always starts from a thought/judgment...but most people miss that first parts...the thought, the judgment, but they feel the reaction...which is increased arousal...which in and of itself is natural...to release adrenalin when the body feels its unsafe...but its a false danger
One of the first and most basic things you can know about in regards to anxiety/panic, is that you are not having a heart attack...you just think you are...much different..
your heart could beat fast for years and years and be fine, its one of the strongest muscles in the body...
but I do recommend to go get it checked to make sure it isn't something physical to release some of that anxious energy...
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