Happens to me too..
I even shave and dress properly for the day so that I don't look like a bum at the hospital (which I believe I will be in at in the end of the day
I know it's the sensation of having a sick heart that fuels the stress, and even more ectopics, but I can't help myself when I get scared.
I rest in bed doing cross word puzzles and waits for the big one...
That poor family of mine... but when I get so scared I think I go on another level, a survival - mode level or something... forget them for a day or too (not very heroic).. then I feel reliefed at still beeing alive.
Then a new ectopic or two kicks in a couple of weeks later, and it starts all over again...