Wow. After I read all this I was slightly relieved. So I'm not alone. The heartbeat really disturbs me. When I'm trying to fall asleep and I hear my heartbeat I have to reposition myself in someway so I can't hear it. In the 7th grade when we studied the heart it was no problem for me to stick my fingers down the pig's aorta. But then it came time to run around the track and take our heart rates. I just can't do it. I can't feel it or hear it or I'll have a panic attack. It's hard for me to hug my mom or dad and hear their heat beat too. I'm not really afriad of death. And I'm not afraid of my heatbeat speeding up or slowing down. It just freaks me out... like when I'm having my blood pressure taken and the thing squeezes your arm until you can hear and feel your heartbeat. I HATE IT! I've had OCD practically my entire life so phobia are pretty common to me. But this is hard one to work around. Since I'm emetophobic (afriad of vomit) when someone says they feel sick I move away or wash my hands... but I'm constantly being followed by my phobia. Any suggestions?
I hate having my blood pressure taken as well. And I suffer from panic attacks too, but as far as suggestions go...
It's just a really hard thing to get around. I find that sometimes, when I exercise really hard and feel my heart beating (without actually taking my pulse or anything like that) I can deal with it a little more. And sometimes, consecutive days of that make me feel like I can deal a little better.
But that hardly works. heh. Mostly I just try really hard not to think about it. :/
Maybe try holding a little animal, like a cuddly one... and feeling how its pulse feels? To get you more adjusted...?
But I'm not sure. Because, as you made clear, this seems to just be a really deeply rooted phobia.
In fact, if you have any ways of coping with it... I could use them. ._.
I despise my heartbeat, so I was curious...
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Wow. After I read all this I was slightly relieved. So I'm not alone. The heartbeat really disturbs me. When I'm trying to fall asleep and I hear my heartbeat I have to reposition myself in someway so I can't hear it. In the 7th grade when we studied the heart it was no problem for me to stick my fingers down the pig's aorta. But then it came time to run around the track and take our heart rates. I just can't do it. I can't feel it or hear it or I'll have a panic attack. It's hard for me to hug my mom or dad and hear their heat beat too. I'm not really afriad of death. And I'm not afraid of my heatbeat speeding up or slowing down. It just freaks me out... like when I'm having my blood pressure taken and the thing squeezes your arm until you can hear and feel your heartbeat. I HATE IT! I've had OCD practically my entire life so phobia are pretty common to me. But this is hard one to work around. Since I'm emetophobic (afriad of vomit) when someone says they feel sick I move away or wash my hands... but I'm constantly being followed by my phobia. Any suggestions?
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I hate having my blood pressure taken as well. And I suffer from panic attacks too, but as far as suggestions go...
It's just a really hard thing to get around. I find that sometimes, when I exercise really hard and feel my heart beating (without actually taking my pulse or anything like that) I can deal with it a little more. And sometimes, consecutive days of that make me feel like I can deal a little better.
But that hardly works. heh. Mostly I just try really hard not to think about it. :/
Maybe try holding a little animal, like a cuddly one... and feeling how its pulse feels? To get you more adjusted...?
But I'm not sure. Because, as you made clear, this seems to just be a really deeply rooted phobia.
In fact, if you have any ways of coping with it... I could use them. ._.