#cardiophobia

[ultimaid]

it's always the wrong thing when it's me who's saying it.

[the-electric-monk]

Anxiety is ruining my life, again. Had another massive panic attack, went to the ED this time. They did a cardiac work up and everything is normal on that front, so that's good. They gave me a referral to cardiology just in case.

This is the second massive panic attack I've had this week. I know it's because I quit my job, but I haven't had panic attacks quite this intense in a while. Hopefully they will either stop or I will be able to control them now that I know my heart is fine.

I've hid my pulseox and smart watch for now, because I need to stop focusing so much on my heart rate.

I honestly don't know if this is better or worse than when I was constantly dissociating.

Ugh. I was doing so good.

[just-breathe-it-will-be-okay]

Hi Everyone!

Is anyone else on this platform fighting with cardiophobia? (fear of heart-related diseases, esp. heart attacks?) If yes, how do you cope? Or how did you managed to overcome it if it is a past issue for you?

[ooppo]

[rekhaa]

Worrying doesn't stop you from dying, it stops you from living.

[deamolition]

just ate a dry pretzel (german) and i can still feel the echoes of it going down. either that or im having a heart attack!

[jellypawss]

Having health OCD, more particularly cardiophobia, is such a hard thing to deal with. From the moment I wake up and feel my heartbeat to the second I go to bed I’m riddled with anxiety unless I’m able to distract myself for a some time throughout the day.

I have such a hard time with this condition BECAUSE I have a history of heart problems and its almost like the stress I had before I had my condition caused it. At the age of 19 I went to the ER almost every day from thinking I was having a heart attack or I had heart failure or even cancer. It was so draining and eventually when I was 20, I had a cardiac event that had me in ventricular tachycardia for around 20-25 seconds that my holter monitor ended up catching and I started two very serious heart meds.

All of my scans and tests are perfect but my heart still misfires a lot and I get pvcs and sometimes I will get NSVT.

I’m hoping my new anxiety and antidepressant will pick up the slack for me because it’s the most exhausting thing in the world being terrified of an organ that keeps you alive.

[themogaidragon]

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Thanatophobia: irrational fear of death. Can also be called death anxiety.