May
it even gets startled if a pencil hits the floor. I’m so scared and even when im sitting, my heart feels a tiny uncomfortable, enjoy it is ready to get scared again. Im 19 and my mother and my dad are just fine. I dont know if im about to get a heart attack or go through cardiac arrest soon. Like when I didnt get much sleep and i was laying in a movie theatre and i shut my eyes, I purposely opened my eyes and my heart get startled!! Even if I know im opening my eyes and nobody woke me up or anything. My heart used to jump when vehicle alarms went off or when someone stated “boo!!” but now anything makes my heart JUMP!! I really dont want to die and I dont want to go through a heart attack or cardiac arrest, someone please help and give me advice. THANKS
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OK, it sounds to me that you’re freaking yourself out. Our bodies are really interesting, most of the vital functions that keep us alive and keep our bodies working properly are moderated by the brain (and other organs/chemicals) without us ever having to give a thought to it. For instance, if you were to walk out to your automobile late at night and were to find someone with a gun pointed at you, your brain would immediately send your body into “Fight or Flight” mode by increasing your heart rate, dilating your pupils so you can see, and moving blood away from your GI tract and into your vital organs and muscles so that you can fight or run away to save your life (who needs to digest dinner when you're running for your life right?). Anyways, it does all that without you having to do a THING.
However, you also have an “override button”, so to speak. No, there's no actual button, but you can force yourself into that state by forcing yourself to breathe faster than your body wants/needs to or thinking of scary things or in generally being a really panicky person. Your body will go into that state (which is why you feel your heart “jump” or speed up). It sounds like you're worried constantly about what you're heart is doing, so you're most likely constantly in a say of being somewhat panicked.
The thing is, people do this to themselves all the time and are fine. Think about when you watch a scary movie - your heart, and everyone in the theater's with you - is doing the same thing because your body perceives a danger that isn't really there. If you’re young and healthy, which most likely you are at age 19, your body can handle that kind of increased stress on a regular basis without a problem. Elderly people have more trouble handling increased stress which is why being suddenly scared CAN actually give an older person (esp someone with heart problems) a heart attack or cause their heart to halt (cardiac arrest). You on the other hand, are VERY VERY unlikely to experience either of those things. Your system is young and strong and MADE to do what it's doing. Unless you’re like 400 pounds or have a defect from birth (VERY UNLIKELY).
However, I would strongly recommend you try and calm down because essentially you being panicked is causing your heart to do what it's doing. It sounds like if anything, you’ve a bit of a panic disorder - perhaps talking to a therapist or having them prescribe you a drug to help you calm down might help.
And of course, I’ve to throw in the standard - I'm not a doctor, this isn't a check up - if you’ve continuing symptoms you SHOULD speak to your physician. If anything I stated didn't make sense, I'm sure he/she can clarify for you and answer your questions further. Also if you have any chest pain, shortness of breath (more than just a few seconds) or nausea/vomiting, go to your doctor and get checked. And if it will make you feel better (you're an adult) make a doc's appt yourself and get checked.
And yeah I agree with the above… knocking back the amount of caffeine you drink (if you do) might help too.
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I think, for the ideal answer… visit you doctor. If you don't like your parents to know, call the doctor and tell him to keep it as a secret. But it's safer if you let them know. Usually, your parents know what's ideal for you…
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Don't drink so much caffeine