Mera
- Date posted
- 6y
FrancisFrancis
- Date posted
- 6y
Yes very common. It’s heart palpitations, they are not indicative of any issue, especially since your doctor checked you. When I was freaking out a lot about my heart, exercising helped me a lot as a sort of exposure thing against heart obsessions. Going on walks etc, anything active. Keeping my mind occupied was also very helpful, it’s easy to focus on your heartbeats when you’re laying there not doing much, at least that was my experience
ocdgirl95ocdgirl95
- Date posted
- 6y
I use to have this all the time when I was going through the worst period of my health anxiety. Are you currently going to therapy/on any meds for your anxiety? If not you might want to look into one or both methods because they truly helped me! Other than that try to find good ways of distracting yourself. Talk to someone you love or do something that requires a lot of your attention. It's tough but I promise you'll get through it!
Redhawks2212Redhawks2212
- Date posted
- 6y
For me it’s a side effect of Zoloft, but worth it.
mother_kaylamother_kayla
- Date posted
- 6y
“Calm down you need to breathe and chill” like tf you think I’m tryna do? Keep being like this? ?? we just gotta take life by the balls ??
MeraMera
- Date posted
- 6y
Thank you so much for all your replies. They have helped me so much. When I was in the middle of anxiety I would go back and read these replies. It’s nice to not feel alone and to know that it will in time, go away and I can live normal again
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