Struggling today

I’ve been doing really well lately, I feel like. Then last night my Apple Watch recorded my heart rage as being 168 (I know it wasn’t actually that high, had to be doubling my actual rate) and ever since then I keep compulsively checking it. Keep monitoring my chest for pain, now I’m convinced it hurts, and keep paying too much attention to my breathing that I’m breathing weird now. I hate this. And it’s so convincing😭even my hands are tingly which I’m sure is carpal tunnel but I’m convinced it’s all my heart and it’s gonna stop or I’ll have a heart attack or die

Brave through

Date posted: 3y

Same…i felt like I disoriented for a min or my head just spun or like a head rush and i started thinking of the worst things attaching it to my sometimes headaches and getting the worst meaning out of it.. then to distract myself i tried reading a book and ended up seeing the word cancer in the first few lines which made me think and go in a loop of what its trying to tell me and maybe could be some indication of something hidden god forbid idk?!? And then I opened Instagram and was randomly led to post which said about this man who had appendicitis and went with his gut feeling and intuition even when people told him he was fine.. I don’t know what to think of all this i have been to the doctor multiple times for multiple reasons and touchwood been okay but my brain never stops telling me something could be.. idk what to do I don’t want to scare my parents and go to another doctor regarding all this.. should i?!?can you help?!? I feel so helpless..

MoreOvaltinePlz

Date posted: 3y

@Brave through Just sit with the fear and let it pass. It’s so hard but it will pass. I was so close to going to the ER two days ago and now today I’m kind of ok, like I know I don’t have a heart problem or a brain issues that causes stroke.

Brave through

Date posted: 3y

@MoreOvaltinePlz Hey.. trust me i have tried but something or the other keeps coming up and i feel like its just telling me something I don’t know its seems so hard. I have low haemoglobin and have had some gastro problems in the past and still sometimes continue to and seen the doctor more than twice and told me all is okay and i shouldn’t worry but yesterday I randomly came across this stomach cancer article which talked about certain symptoms of it and lastly mentioned low haemoglobin as a symptom as well i panicked, froze on my place and felt like i couldn’t breathe because i was told i have low haemoglobin by a doctor just a few days ago cause i was not taking the right diet. But with my brain I can’t agree with what the doctor says and started relating everything in that article to myself and started crying cause it felt like i was ignoring or lying to myself and everyone else is as well and then the rut if searching and asking began and ended up with me feeling so tired and lost I didn’t know what to do i told my mom and she said i was fine its okay but my brain kept telling me what if you are not and what if my brain is telling me is true god forbid?!? What if i should go again and get checked how i do know its not the worst?!? I don’t knwo i feel so lost and tired and done with these thoughts bad thoughts and stress lead to physical problems what am I supposed to do?!? They say what you fear happens will that happen to me?!? I am so scared what do i do?

MoreOvaltinePlz

Date posted: 3y

@Brave through I understand. Trust me. I have been there. I don’t want to offer you reassurance bc in the long run it doesn’t help unfortunately. But I completely understand. I have been 100% convinced that I’ve had various kinds of cancer and diseases and health problems. I’ve cried my eyes out over it. It’s very real and I’m not trying to downplay your fears.

Anonymous

Date posted: 22w

Has anyone’s obsessive thoughts changed themes?

I went from intrusive thoughts of hurting people, thinking I did horrible things and not remembering it like running people over with my car etc, to my brain trying to convince me I that I had split personality disorder to now health anxiety. The intrusive thoughts weren’t as bad as this. I’ll get physical symptoms like my heart racing, chest pain, can’t swallow. It’s been causing panic attacks but I’m constantly scared I’m dying. If my mole looks like it changed I freak out and think I have cancer. I had to get a stethoscope to listen to my heartbeat to make sure I don’t have an aortic aneurysm to buying a Fitbit to constantly check my pulse. I went to the ER bc I thought I was dying and now I’m paying a 2 thousand dollar bill when they say my heart is fine. It’s just exhausting.

Cooki_brooki23

Date posted: 13w

Health ocd obsessed over heart/lung related issues

I have gotten maybe about 8 EKG’s within the lest 2 years? I’ve also gotten an echo done, and I got a heart monitor to track my heart over the course of maybe 2 weeks, back last year. Even though I have been to the emergency room so many times because of panic attacks that I thought were heart attacks, and went with a Cardiologist I still obsess and worry. I always think that I am going to develop some kind of heart problem after getting the tests done. Like if they’re just suddenly going to appear/my heart will suddenly have an issue. I especially get nervous when the pain is in the center of my chest + I get a tight feeling like I have pressure on my chest and can’t breathe completely. Please someone share their experience of how they controlled their health anxiety, especially if it’s related to this.

Anonymous

Date posted: 7w

Anyone else?

Hi everyone! ‼️HEALTH ANXIETY TRIGGER WARNING ‼️Just saw a post on TikTok that was along the lies of “it’s not your anxiety” and then they had mentioned they had a extremely serious cardiac event. This made me spiral lol. I struggle with a fear of cardiac events so much. I’ve had a couple cardiac tests and have been normal. Seen multiple cardiologists and they’ve said I’m normal. That being said, does anyone else struggle with this? Feeling kinda defeated and stuck lol

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