woke up w heart palpitations today and got some chest pain during the day. my brain aimed straight towards the idea that it was a heart attack (im 15 and perfectly healthy, so that shouldnt happen i think?) i also happened to get a cheap tarot reading today saying i'll die soon so uh yeah that doesnt help much ! my heart is still POUNDING but its been like an hour and a half so i think (and hope) it's just anxiety and my ocd being annoying i dont know if heart attack ocd is a real thing (maybe its connected to health ocd? because i suffer from that one) but uh yeah it wasnt cool, my brain wont leave me alone now

hi :) i have the same exact worries. i actaully get heart palpitations and chest pain when i’m very anxious. sometimes they’ll even come on out of the blue and then the cycle starts from there. i try to remeber that my heart is healthy, and palpitations are actually quite normal (eveyone experiences them whether they feel them or not!) i think the fear of having a heart attack is in the subtype of health anxiety/ocd which becomes an obsession. it’s so hard to break. i have to wear my watch that can tell me my heart rate at all times otherwise i start to really lose it. it’s a compulsion directly related to the obsession and i’m working with my therapist to decouple them. it feels almost impossible most of the time, but i’m still trying. i hear you and you are valid. 💜