Does this happen to anyone else?

Yes, sometimes when I have actual panic attacks, my heart pounds like crazy.

But other times, when I’m having a really high-anxiety episode, I feel like my heartbeat is actually really slow and faint. I often find that when I’m super suddenly anxious about something, I’ll realize I’m not really breathing. My breaths are extremely shallow, few and far between. Maybe this is why my heartbeat slows down.

On one hand, I guess it can be better than feeling like my heart is going to pound out of my chest. But on the other, it’s really not a calming sensation to feel like my heart is stopping.

I can’t find this anywhere else and have never heard of it. I can’t imagine it hasn’t happened to anyone else though, right??