Hey guys so I’ve suffered in the passed with panic attacks and since they have been under control I just struggle with not getting out of the rut of hyperawareness of my body! I’ve read it’s common after panic attacks to get super aware and start to get health anxiety. I try to get out of my head but the moment just the slightest thing happens it brings me back to a place of body scanning subconsciously. I’m currently seeing a therapist and everything but I am just struggling with the fact that my body just makes me feel like I’m sickly all the time. I try to stand on truth but then my brain wonders if something could be wrong with me. I always tell myself, I like how I never thought anything was wrong with me before I suffered from my panic attacks and now all of the sudden I think I have all these problems! It’s very unlikely it is something serious and it’s all my brain playing tricks on me.

I’ve had a mri done because of my migraines and everything is fine, I’ve had ekg done 5 months ago, I had a chest x ray done when they thought I had a hiatal hernia but it was just GERD it was a barium swallow test but the doctors do a normal chest x ray first so that should have showed issues too. So from what I know thyroid levels fine, brain heart all healthy, vitamin b12 fine. 

I just still feel like something is wrong whenever I get super dizzy from my vestibular migraines or I start to get issues with my breathing I have mild asthma but suddenly my brain thinks I’m always having issues with it which I doubt since my lung function test was so good. It’s like I don’t search for problems or look at my body and see if something could be wrong with me it’s more like my brain just is hyper focused on my body sensations and it doesn’t filter anything out anymore. Like even decaf coffee makes me jittery I used to never notice that before. 

(To summarize it I just need all the advice I can get to get my brain to stop being so hyper aware of my body! And I’m seeing a therapist and using the methods she gives me but it’s still happening and I’m super discouraged. I just want to be me again.)