londonchris
21-04-11, 16:16
Hi all,
Just seeking a bit of reassurance really which everyone here is really good at!! :-)
I'm a bit of a footie nut and went to a game last night. Now I like going to games, it's exciting, a good day out with mates, a laugh and generally a good time. However, it's a breeding ground for anxiety.
I suffer from ectopic beats and other health anxiety. Obviously even if you're not a football fan, going to a big game is a nervous experience. In addition to that, you're drinking all afternoon. Not a great start in terms of the old palpitations.
In the ground, you're standing up for 90 minutes screaming and shouting and singing and jumping around and getting excited and getting nervous all at the same time. As any football fan will know, it's a 90 minute rollercoaster.
What I'm getting at is this:
I love going to the football and don't want to stop as it's one of the only things left which I really enjoy now that hasn't been spoiled by my health anxiety.
However, yesterday was hard and I want to clarify if others feel the same sometimes. When I was shouting and singing, I suddenly feel quite out of breath. If I sing really long and really loud, it's almost like in straining my voice my heart just THUDS really hard and carries on beating. It's not out of place, it's not a missed beat, it just palpitates really hard and carries on as usual.
It's like a rush of blood to the head. I'll stand up and shout something and I feel out of breath, heart beats hard and I feel like sitting down.
Writing this I feel a bit stupid because it's probably just a natural reaction to shouting loud. However, others around me seem to be able to sing and shout the whole 90 minutes and feel nothing. I'm wondering if it's just because I'm paying attention to these sensations that I notice them more.
Trouble is, sometimes I'll go to a match and will be absolutely fine. Sometimes it will be worse than it was last night.
Following that, obviously everyone is shattered, headache, the lot. On the way home because you're so tired the heart starts fluttering and your head is pounding and your aching and it's one of the worst feelings in the world.
I really really don't want to stop going to football because as I say it's one of the few pasttimes I still enjoy despite my anxiety. I can't let it overcome this one too. But at the same time I can't help but think that all this strong heart beating and getting shattered and low sugar levels, one day I'll come out of the ground and keel over.
Can anyone reassure me that this isn't the case? Re-reading the post I feel a bit stupid but then again, I guess that sums up health anxiety really. It hasn't happened before and probably won't ever happen, but our minds work in peculiar ways.
Thanks :-)
Just seeking a bit of reassurance really which everyone here is really good at!! :-)
I'm a bit of a footie nut and went to a game last night. Now I like going to games, it's exciting, a good day out with mates, a laugh and generally a good time. However, it's a breeding ground for anxiety.
I suffer from ectopic beats and other health anxiety. Obviously even if you're not a football fan, going to a big game is a nervous experience. In addition to that, you're drinking all afternoon. Not a great start in terms of the old palpitations.
In the ground, you're standing up for 90 minutes screaming and shouting and singing and jumping around and getting excited and getting nervous all at the same time. As any football fan will know, it's a 90 minute rollercoaster.
What I'm getting at is this:
I love going to the football and don't want to stop as it's one of the only things left which I really enjoy now that hasn't been spoiled by my health anxiety.
However, yesterday was hard and I want to clarify if others feel the same sometimes. When I was shouting and singing, I suddenly feel quite out of breath. If I sing really long and really loud, it's almost like in straining my voice my heart just THUDS really hard and carries on beating. It's not out of place, it's not a missed beat, it just palpitates really hard and carries on as usual.
It's like a rush of blood to the head. I'll stand up and shout something and I feel out of breath, heart beats hard and I feel like sitting down.
Writing this I feel a bit stupid because it's probably just a natural reaction to shouting loud. However, others around me seem to be able to sing and shout the whole 90 minutes and feel nothing. I'm wondering if it's just because I'm paying attention to these sensations that I notice them more.
Trouble is, sometimes I'll go to a match and will be absolutely fine. Sometimes it will be worse than it was last night.
Following that, obviously everyone is shattered, headache, the lot. On the way home because you're so tired the heart starts fluttering and your head is pounding and your aching and it's one of the worst feelings in the world.
I really really don't want to stop going to football because as I say it's one of the few pasttimes I still enjoy despite my anxiety. I can't let it overcome this one too. But at the same time I can't help but think that all this strong heart beating and getting shattered and low sugar levels, one day I'll come out of the ground and keel over.
Can anyone reassure me that this isn't the case? Re-reading the post I feel a bit stupid but then again, I guess that sums up health anxiety really. It hasn't happened before and probably won't ever happen, but our minds work in peculiar ways.
Thanks :-)