Anxiety thinking heart attack or strokes

[LonerGuy]

I play games everyday to reduce my anxiety but i think its taking a toll on my eyes , it feels like my eyes are off balanced like motion sickness , yesterday i went into full blown panic because i was thinking i was having a heart attack and everytime i checked my heart rate it was 50 unless i was moving when i went to the ER nothings wrong

[Agora1]

LonerGuy, I am actually surprised your heart rate isn't higher than 50bpm. You may be able to control your emotions when playing a game. However, you can't fool your eyes.

When staring at a screen, the eyes have to adapt to constantly changing focus. This adds

strain on your eyes with anything from blurriness, irritation and an off balanced feeling.

Those sensations come not only from the tight eye muscles involve but also the tight

muscles in the neck and upper shoulders. Remember that our neck also has a lot to do with our balance. Since I'm not a doctor, I can only recommend that you see an eye doctor to

check out any physical eye malady. Your eyes may get dry as well requiring eye drops that the physician would recommend if needed.

When on the internet for long periods of time, it is good to take your eyes off the screen

every so often and look far ahead. This helps stretch those eye muscles and relaxes them.

I hope you get some answers as the ER told you,, nothing is wrong with your heart xx

[langedechu]

my friend Agora1 said a lot of good stuff and my only advice to you is to try to limit the screen time. try to take breaks and eventually get to the point where your eyes aren't feeling this way. in the meantime you can do something productive like reading, writing, drawing, or working out which can also help to relieve stress without adding stress. it seems like your heart is fine so i think you're all good there. love, lange