Good morning everyone, this post is going to seem very strange!
On Good Friday it will be 1 year since my HA! and I am so worried about it, I am getting myself in a real state worrying! WHY? I keep thinking "that's the day I had my HA" I know everyone will say how silly I am being and I did not think it would effect me like this but it is and I can't think about nothing else at the moment.
I should be excited that it is a year but I am truly dreading the day, I am on the mend and feeling so much better than I did, I have serious anxieties now but learning how to deal with these. Does anyone else have these stupid thoughts? I keep telling myself I should be celebrating but it is that date!
Thanks for listening.
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it’s quite normal I’m sure to feel stressed after a heart attack and four years after my bypass I ask myself how long have I got still. However I can only suggest you concentrate on healthy eating and exercise especially which is excellent for mental health. I am 81 and play tennis twice a week with people who have had heart attacks,cancer and other serious illnesses. They all agree that excercise is paramount in keeping them sane. It doesn’t have to be tennis of course but joining a group of people like walkers for instance would help. Always remember you are not alone.
I did feel for you reading your post and I can relate mine just is not the day when it happened but about everyday I think and feel this way
Sometimes Anniversaries of certain things can best be forgotten yet that is not always as easy as said and done
It has I think took you by surprise these feelings that have come out when it is approaching the first year of a life changing event but know for some this is normal and will pass
Try and distract yourself from these thoughts it is a celebration in a way that you had a heart attack but now so much better
Try and see it as any other day the best you can
You have done so well and keep doing what you are doing and there is no reason why you should not continue to do so
Talk with people how you feel and before you know it that day will have passed like all the others quickly
You certainly are not silly by been able to open up on how you feel as there could be someone else just that reads posts and does not comment on here that by you opening up how you feel could have helped them to x
It's normal, i had mine late 2023.
Whilst recovering christmas day arrived, in the morning worrying about omg it'd christmas, what happens if something happens . Christmas passed.
Then taking my daughter shopping at Tesco, omg I'm at Tesco with my daughter what if something happens. We got the shopping done.
When I go to the office ( where my heart attack started) I can't shake off the association of the workplace with my heart attack, I get wound up, anxious at times but then it goes.
Having a heart attack is a big deal and the emotional legacy is the worst bit.
I meditate now, I meditate when my thoughts get the best of me, it helps massively and there's nothing wrong with feeling anxious, nothing wrong at all but I suppose the trick is not allowing it to control your life and realising it's the brain getting the better of you, it's not physical, it's emotional so there's no imminent danger.
I didn't even know what meditation was, I still don't but I downloaded the Calm app and I lie down and just listen to one of the meditations which suits me, only takes 10 mins of your time but I end up feeling very relaxed and refreshed.
My dad - bless him - he had his HA before 40, but didnt have another one again. So, you see no need to be worrying about what might happen in the future - it takes time to get used to the new normal and with a bit of luck and medication/lifestyle changes you will forget overtime you even had one.
It’s fear of what ifs and grief of what was, your loss of being you with your life before a HA. I’m sorry to read of your anxiety and upset at the (not so) Good Friday anniversary. You are among people who care and really understand how you’re feeling. The day will come and go and you will get through it. Take care 🦊x
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