Perfect Imperfectionist
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- 9d
I’m so scared
Can someone help me? I was trying to clean my daughter’s car got hot and got anxiety now all I can focus on is my heart rate and it doesn’t feel good and I am freaking the f out!
pickles516pickles516
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EXPOSE!!! Maybe something is wrong!🤷🏻♀️ Take deep breaths…you got this!!!🫶🏻🫶🏻
Perfect ImperfectionistPerfect Impe...
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@pickles516 I’m freaking out cause my heart rate has been 80’s to 100’s.
Stephen SmithStephen Smith
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What’s your fear?
Pdxsgdmsb Pdxsgdmsb
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- 9d
Try taking deep breaths, sit down and drink water. And just focus on taking deep breaths for at least 2 to 3 minutes. Unless something is really wrong, it sounds like you’re having a panic attack. I have them all the time. If this starts to happen regularly, I would get an Apple Watch or a fitness tracker to monitor your heart rate when you do get the attacks so that you know it’s decreasing when you’re starting to take the deep breaths.
Nicole BNicole B
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- 9d
@Pdxsgdmsb I agree. It sounds like a panic attack probably brought on by getting hot from the weather. They suck for real, but the good thing about a panic attack is they have a beginning, a middle and an end. If you concentrate on breathing, relief will be felt! YouTube the calm breathing bubble or a box breathing video
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 9d
The same thing happens to me when my heart rate gets high - I look for little “non-distractions.” I acknowledge “Okay my heart rate is higher than I’d like it to be right now but what else is going on around me.” I typically try to look for things in my environment that I typically wouldn’t notice (getting outside helps with this) like a bird, a flower, a cloud, etc. I find while doing this won’t necessarily decrease my heart rate, the anxiety I feel around it decreases substantially. Hope you’re doing better now!
ErinCapErinCap
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- 9d
Get back to what you were doing after you calm down a bit. Cleaning your daughter’s car, give yourself a few mins and a few deep breaths and don’t let OCD interrupt you any further. And for practicality turn on the AC while you clean if you are somewhere hot.
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