tw for talk of medical conditions and health anxiety 


i live in constant fear of what will happen to me if i get covid due to having prolonged qt syndrome type 2. covid is proven to prolong the qtc interval that can cause me to go into sudden cardiac arrest. i have struggled with anxiety my whole life but this is different. it's taken control of my life, i spend hours online looking at all the covid research i can find. i can never truly enjoy anything anymore because in the back of my mind i'm thinking "what if you get covid". i'm fully vaxxed and have been since march due to medical problems, but don't qualify for any boosters yet. it's terrifying because at any point my heart can just skip a beat and never start again. i'm most likely to experience sudden cardiac arrest when i'm emotional and that's terrifying because i have anxiety attacks where my heart pounds and skips beats, at this point i'm just waiting for the inevitable. does anyone have any tips for managing health anxiety at a time like this?