Heart flip flops when I see people And not in a good way.

[Peacely]

K, this is gonna sound weird, but the way my social anxiety exhibits itself is not only your basic anxiety. Symptoms like sweaty palms, shortness of breath etc. But my heart actually skips a beat when I think about people or when I see certain people. Does this happen to anyone else?

[Jeff1943]

It's quite normal for our heart to respond to strong emotions with missed beats and palpitations. The only difference in your case is that because of your high anxiety the responses are more exaggerated. But heart's are strong: they are the largest muscle in the body and will easily take the symptoms you describe in their stride.

All you have to do is to accept the symptoms as a harmless nuisance, agree to coexist with them for the time being. Acceptance means not responding to the flash of first fear with second fear which only releases more anxiety hormones.

Once you stop over reacting to these harmless but uncomfortable symptoms then they will disperse through neglect.

So calm yourself when the bad feelings come, relax every muscle in your body and let them flow past you confident in the knowledge that most other people with anxiety disorders feel them too and they are not worth worrying about.