Heart

[Sandy1710]

Why do I have to feel my heart all day long everyday!!! It's for this reason alone I know I will never be able to combat my anxiety! It's doing my head in and I can only see this whole period of my life ending up badly for me!!! I want my life back! This isn't life!!!!

[Kayleealice17]

I'm sure most of us understand this. It feels like your going to die or something it's SERIOUSLY the worst feeling. Just know your not alone and your actually JUST FINE. Gotta try to talk yourself out of it. I actually went to the doc and of course he said it's normal checked my vitals said my heart sounded perfectly normal, but just know you ARE ok.

[Agora1]

Sandy1710, you are right, this isn't life, this is just existing. BUT....it doesn't mean it will always be this way. Our heart is usually the first thing disrupted by the extra adrenaline coursing through our body. Once we are able to bring down our anxiety level then it will reduce the amount of adrenaline we have and finally it will make a difference in our heart symptoms. Right now, it's a vicious circle of fear. We feel our heart beat, we get scared which pours more adrenaline on the fire and then our heart reacts. What we need to change is the way we react to the symptoms anxiety throws our way. If accepted as nothing more than over sensitized nervous system, our mind won't flood our body with fear. It takes practice, believe me, it doesn't happen quickly. Once you know that anxiety is the cause, the rest is up to us.

Putting that thought in your mind that this period of your life will end up badly is so negative. Instead you need to turn that around to, "I will beat this, it will not beat me". This is just a bump in the road but beyond that is a beautiful life. Life will bring you pain all by itself, your responsibility is to create joy. (taken from Learning to Dance in the Rain)

Let's start the dance towards feeling better

[leftypanda167]

My close neighbor just passed away at age 63 in her sleep from a heart attack. I am a teenager, but I am scared to death that the same is going to happen to me. I haven't slept in days. I know it is irrational, but I am constantly checking my pulse and worrried that the same is going to happen to me.