TW: Heart health, Arrhythmia













My twin brother was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation almost a year ago, and I am terrified that I'm going  to develop it, too. His life has been a constant state of worry and fear. I have been going through the worst period of anxiety I have ever went through in my life, and have been experiencing heart palpitations that I can't stop focusing on. All the while in the back of my head a little voice is going "it's afib, you're going to get it" and it's seriously impacting my quality of life. I am scared to even get up sometimes because I hate feeling my heart beat. My doctor prescribed me 25mg of Zoloft but one of the side effects are irregular heart beat, and now I don't even want to take it. Does anyone have any experience with fears like this? How did you help push them back?