eddiegadpd
10-03-2015, 10:26 PM
Hello everyone, i hope everyone is doing well and thank you for taking the time to read this.
It is almost my not so happy 3rd month anniversary with anxiety (GAD) and panic attacks.
I have been talking to my psychologist and she brought up the term "health anxiety". I think i have that too.
Long story short, i was born with heart problems. I have seen a cardiologist all my life. I am 19 years old.
Ever since being diagnosed with anxiety and panic attacks my days have felt so long and stressful.
Everything that my body feels or at least i think it feels causes me to have more anxiety and panic attacks. I think i am dying all the time.
And when i am having anxiety or panic attacks out of the blue i think about how the symptoms are similar to a heart attack and because of my heart condition (aortic stenosis) i think it could be that too!!! UGH I am so exhausted of all this fear every single day. I really need help.
Is there anything i can tell myself to convince me that i am not dying or having a heart attack or something? Like i know someone once told me that if i was having a heart attack i wouldn't be having fast palpitations, don't know if that's true but i need things like that to convince myself. Do you guys know any other ones?
I have been to the ER so many times and even though they tell me my heart is fine, that i am fine it is just not enough for me.
As soon as i feel back pain or chest pain and left arm pain i just wanna call 911.
Can you guys please help me? What would i not be able to do if i was dying or having a heart attack? What can i physically do to prove to myself that i am just having an anxiety attack or panic attack when they occur? Please help me. Thanks everyone!
It is almost my not so happy 3rd month anniversary with anxiety (GAD) and panic attacks.
I have been talking to my psychologist and she brought up the term "health anxiety". I think i have that too.
Long story short, i was born with heart problems. I have seen a cardiologist all my life. I am 19 years old.
Ever since being diagnosed with anxiety and panic attacks my days have felt so long and stressful.
Everything that my body feels or at least i think it feels causes me to have more anxiety and panic attacks. I think i am dying all the time.
And when i am having anxiety or panic attacks out of the blue i think about how the symptoms are similar to a heart attack and because of my heart condition (aortic stenosis) i think it could be that too!!! UGH I am so exhausted of all this fear every single day. I really need help.
Is there anything i can tell myself to convince me that i am not dying or having a heart attack or something? Like i know someone once told me that if i was having a heart attack i wouldn't be having fast palpitations, don't know if that's true but i need things like that to convince myself. Do you guys know any other ones?
I have been to the ER so many times and even though they tell me my heart is fine, that i am fine it is just not enough for me.
As soon as i feel back pain or chest pain and left arm pain i just wanna call 911.
Can you guys please help me? What would i not be able to do if i was dying or having a heart attack? What can i physically do to prove to myself that i am just having an anxiety attack or panic attack when they occur? Please help me. Thanks everyone!