I’ve always had anxiety and overthought but i was never concerned about my health until mid year 11, where i would get a couple heart palpitations a week, i never really thought about it and obviously overthought it a bit but wasn’t too concerned, however, that turned into heart palpitations multiple times a day. I know it’s something triggered by anxiety because when i would get distracted or having not thought about my health for a bit the heart palpitations would go and my physical health would feel fine, but as soon as i think about my health or get reminded again the “health problems” would come again. it is torture having those little voices in your head saying you’re gonna have a heart attack soon,  you’re just gonna drop dead any moment or you have a tumour is torture because it never seems to go away and it’s always at the back of your mind picking you away. i can’t even hang out with my friends without checking my pulse (which is usually always 70bpm resting), or checking my heart whenever it feels too fast or too slow. no matter how many people say i’m healthy or how many times i check my pulse and it being a healthy bpm it’s always there. Yesterday i was with my friends and my anxiety spiked hard with no warning; heart beating rapidly, sweating, chest tightness and the last straw was me stupidly googling “symptoms of a heart attack” reading those symptoms pulled me into a spiral which keeps going down and down, i had to call my mum unable to speak to come pick me up because i was having a panic attack. this whole health anxiety is pure torture. hoping to go to the doctors for a health checkup to prove to myself i am not dying (however i know it’ll take more for me to believe that). reading the couple posts about health anxiety on here has really made me feel not alone. we’re all in this together :)