Why do we get palpitations and a racing heart during high anxiety?
Why do we interpret it as threatening or dangerous?
What can we do about it?
Anxiety releases adrenaline into the blood stream during the Flight or Fight anxiety response which prepares the body for action when we are confronted by danger, but in anxiety disorders, there is no real danger present.
Adrenalin release makes the heart race and it feels as if it is missing beats, or bumping (palpitations). Palpitations and a racing heart are perfectly natural and will not and cannot harm you in any way, in fact, it is probably strengthening your heart!
You see, the problem is that your body requires fuel during the Flight or Fight response and that fuel is provided to various parts of your body by your circulation. Because the body is preparing for intense action, you need oxygen, water and glucose (amongst other things) to be distributed to the parts of the body that require them, as fast as possible. So, the heart pumps harder to carry out this task.
In anxiety disorders however, you know consciously that there is no real threat in your environment and you know that the only thing that causes you to feel fearful are, in fact, the anxiety symptoms you experience themselves. This creates a vicious cycle of anxiety causing symptoms, symptoms causing anxiety and so on.
Heart symptoms and pains are probably the most disturbing of all the anxiety symptoms because sufferers immediately ‘presume the worst’ when the symptoms start. Most anxiety sufferers say that of all the anxiety symptoms they experience, heart symptoms are the most difficult to ignore or feel comfortable with.
A slow heart beat is also a common anxiety symptom, again it does not mean that your heart will stop beating, it may feel odd and alarming but again do not give it any credibility and it will go away as you address the core high anxiety condition.
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