somatic/health anxiety

ive felt kind of like a heart palpitation but idk how to explain it it feels like my heart skips a beat or like it does beat normally but like it contracts harder?(not sure how to explain i think its more of a feeling) but i dont feel no pain and it only lasts a few seconds and then i feel completely normal and completely fine and it happens when im relaxed usually, sometimes when im amxious and im really scared that it is something heart related but ive done and ekg 3 months ago and it was completely fine and i did a blood test then and was completely fine and ive felt heart palpitations before but they felt a bit different, i mean they felt similar in a way but it felt like my heart was pounding out of my chest and i did an ekg then too which was months before the last one and it also turned out completely normal amd they stopped. ive been having bad anxiety and panic attacks and i get so many physical symptoms and sensations that ive learned to accept but this scares me so much, ive given up coffee, i dont drink, i dont smoke. im not sure if i should be scared or if its just like adrenaline or anxiety somatic symptom and im now scared that ive developed arrhytmia in these 2 months...im asking if anyone has had health anxiety and how did you get over it.

Bth0727

Date posted: 1y

Hi! I have experienced this myself two years ago, and still do on and off. My best piece of advice is to tell you that it is okay to feel this way, as our bodies are very mystical beings. I experienced the constant thoughts of “oh my god I’m going to have a heart attack,” even after I saw a doctor and told me I’m fine by listening to it and giving me a normal ekg. I was told that the body will let us know when there is a true problem. But I also learned another “test” which kinda turned into a compulsion, which was pressing down on my fingertip to check blood flow, since heart attacks restrict blood flow. I was analyzing ever single pain that I got in my body and suffered bad anxiety every time a pain was close to my heart. I soon figured out that just recognizing the thought and not analyzing what will happen is the best way to “get over it” and that we can’t always check to see if there is something wrong, because it is worthless and we will continue to do it no matter what. Radical acceptance is so freeing; especially in this scenario. When you are constantly checking yourself, it is actually making it worse, and I’m only 23! I hope you can find your peace with this issue, you can get through it with enough effort! ❤️

someone.w/ocd

Date posted: 1y

Yes, this is exactly what im going through, i overanalyze every pain i feel, how fast my heart beats,simply everything, and im very scared. some days im braver than others but i know that not every day is going to be the same and that healing is a non-linear process, i still wish i could get more reassurance but what im trying to remember is that no illness just comes in at a moment, and things usually dont happen overnight. I used to always repeat that the doctors are smarter than my anxiety but sometimes the sensations are very real and scary. thanks for your answer💜

Bth0727

Date posted: 1y

@someone.w/ocd Of course! I always want to try and make others feel a little more comfortable. Question though, do you experience thoughts on how you can possibly make it better? Like “if I ate better things maybe it can go away?” Or maybe if I exercise a lot it’ll go away?” If so, that too is a compulsion. And even though it may or may not be true, it doesn’t help that much. That’s another thing that I suffered with too and want to see if you have.

someone.w/ocd

Date posted: 1y

@Bth0727 - yes, i kind of do that too, i started eating way more vegetables every day and i eat meat very rarely because im afraid that it may affect my heart health(even though im considered healthy)

Nemo#2019

Date posted: 25w

Anxiety

I had an allergic reaction to medicine 2 years ago that caused heart palpitations. I went to the ER and they did ECG and blood tests. All were normal. Over the past 2 years it's caused major anxiety and I've been to the ER several times..3 more ECGs and more blood tests. All showing my heart is fine. Should I trust that if I had a heart problem it would show and believe in my doctors? If I had a heart problem it would show? Want to be sure it's anxiety and not a heart problem.

kayla.

Date posted: 22w

any advice, thank you.

so since mid december i’ve been feeling like this , well first in mid december I’ve started feeling anxiety like normal, normal as in physical things like feeling like im going to pass out, shaking, chest pain, etc. but then it got worse , then it turned into more of mind stuff like feeling not real , feeling weird like idk. my mind is always runningg like on over drive, like looking back at myself that doesn’t seem like me. like idk. i can’t stand to look at myself anymore bc it doesn’t feel like me. i can’t be alone , when i think about to it makes it sm worse. but how do i stop thinking ab it? or make it better. i’m scared it’s gonna get worse. like i can’t even do my makeup anymore bc i think something bad will happen. i can’t go certain places , like stay the night bc i think something bad is gonna happen.

Anonymous

Date posted: 20w

Chest pain

I just had a really awful chest pain that felt like my chest was exploding and im really terrified. I feel like maybe it was a heart attack but idk. I've had many ekgs and a chest x ray and they don't find anything wrong with me. Idk what this means anymore im so sick of being scared that ill die. Can anyone relate at all? It comes out of nowhere

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