Physical symptoms

How do you guys get past the physical symptoms that the anxiety brings on? Every day I have them and it’s beyond triggering for me. I get a lot of chest pain and I’m constantly thinking I’m having a heart attack and going to die. I have had it checked out in the past and it always leads back to my anxiety but i feel like I can’t take it anymore. If it’s not a heart attack I’m fearing, it’s cancer or another terminal illness. Every. Single. Day. 😭

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Username: CatisCatis

Date posted: 2y ago

I sympathize would you all because I have suffered from the same. What has really helped me is gathering my strength and yelling when Im by myself inside of my car: if im going to have a heart attack, then let me have it now!! If Im going to die of breast cancer, then let me die right now!! I cannot take living like this anymore because it is exhausting!! If Im going to die, then I dont care anymore and let me die right now!!!! I swear…my fears subside almost as if my OCD realizes “crap, Im apparently not scaring her anymore so let me move on…” I feel significantly better afterwards and the episodes don’t occur as frequently

Username: Samantha-MSamantha-M

Date posted: 2y ago

@Catis This is actually very helpful because I swear I’m to the point where I’d rather one of my fears just take me because I am so sick of being afraid

Username: CatisCatis

Date posted: 2y ago

It’s tough, but you have to yell into the universe that what will be will be and youre just going to let things be and not continue to live in constant fear. Get mad at OCD, yell at it and tell it to eff off, and take back the control

Username: OCDdontownme OCDdontownme

Date posted: 2y ago

@Catis This is what I needed to hear. I’ve been avoiding ERP because of magical thinking. Believing if I say it out loud these physical symptoms and intrusive thoughts will become a reality. Thank you for sharing! I’m going to try this.

Username: Anon17Anon17

Date posted: 2y ago

This. I’ve been struggling so bad with physical symptoms. I also have chest pains and am constantly fearing a heart attack. I also get head pains which leads to fear of brain tumor. I truly cannot take it anymore. I don’t know what to do but it is consuming me each and every day. I can’t live in the moment and enjoy myself because i feel like feeling good is calm before the storm and something bad will happen to me. I feel like I’m trapped and can’t escape. Im glad that I’m not the only one experience physical symptoms. I am so sorry you are experiencing this. 😔

Username: Samantha-MSamantha-M

Date posted: 2y ago

You are definitely not the only one, and I feel this exact same way. I just had a total meltdown and cried and cried because I just feel like I can’t do it anymore. This is not the way life is supposed to be. It keeps me from being the best mom, wife, etc. I absolutely hate it and I hate being in constant fear. I get a ton of migraines myself and every single one I am so terrified I’m having a brain aneurysm or tumor, etc. it’s just non stop worry.

Username: treehugsss

Date posted: 3y ago

Don’t mind me just riding out a massive anxiety attack after a few rough weeks of actual health issues. I have major health anxiety and I’ve had 2 awful asthma attacks recently due to wildfire smoke coming into our area. I hate having asthma because I didn’t know I had it for so long. And I never really know if my shortness of breath is anxiety or asthma 😭😩 It freaks me out whenever I have to get treatment for it because they always run an EKG to make sure my heart is fine. After having COVID last year (then getting the vaccination) one of my new anxieties is developing random blood clots despite being physically healthy. I go on Twitter for the memes then the next second I’ll see someone’s personal story about how someone they knew dropped dead randomly from the shot. It freaks me out so bad. Like what?? I don’t want to stop using Twitter either because I like it and don’t want to avoid any triggers. Back to health, they took an X-ray of my lungs the other day as a part of protocol because I couldn’t breathe that well (because I was having an asthma attack 😩) and it freaked me out so bad. Everything came back clear but my discharge papers said to get my heart checked out just in case. My resting heart rate is generally higher because of anxiety anywhere from 75-85. I hate having health anxiety on top of actual health problems. My doctors tell me I’m healthy despite asthma and allergies. Every day is a battle with health anxiety. Sometimes I can’t even workout because I’m so focused on my heart rate or breathing. Like I’m genuinely convinced I’ll die of a random disease I don’t know I have. AnywAY, health anxiety OCD is something I’ve had since I had my first panic attack. As most of you know that anxiety can manifest itself in so many ways it’s horrifying sometimes. Hopefully I feel better again soon bc this ain’t it chief!! 🥺

Username: Whatifs

Date posted: 2y ago

Health anxiety

Does anyone have health anxiety fears around heart attacks, strokes, seizures, etc. basically fear of passing out or dying suddenly? Do you get physical symptoms such as headaches, chest pains m, lightheadedness etc? What has helped you?

Username: Pirates#00

Date posted: 48w ago

Health anxiety

Was having really bad health anxiety worrying about chest pain being out of breath rapid heart rate. Went to the doctor today got an EKG done it came back normal have to follow up with cardiologist. But it’s so insane how anxiety can cause such crazy symptoms!!! Anyone else ?

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