heart health fear

[exmom1]

everytime i hear or see something about heart related diseases i get freaked out and get anxious. i recenlty had breathing ocd which is now little bit controled but whenever i see those kind of news or post my ocd comes back i cannot do anything. i cannot workout also every time i try to work out i always get worry about bp and pulse rate. i dont know what to do.

 

[Ari]

First, you go to a cardiologist who will check your cardiovascular health and confirm you’re okay. Ask them all the questions you have.
Then, you think about all the things your heart does: it increases its rate, decreases its rate, your blood pressure goes up and down. Why? Because there is something wrong with it? No, because our body is an incredibly clever system. Your heart rate is supposed to up and down. Your blood pressure is supposed to vary depending on multitudes of factors, external and internal. Your body is supposed to do all of those things to keep itself in balance, and being in balance doesn’t everything always being the same, it means intelligently responding to change.