Hey everyone, I just need some reassurance since I've been dealing with bad health anxiety. I've been anxious about my heart, which was my first source of health anxiety from back when I was 13 years old. I'm in my 20s now. A few years ago during a regular check-up, the nurse noticed my heart was fast and advised me to go to an urgent care clinic, where they detected an arrhythmia and then sent me to the hospital. No heart disease was detected, just anxiety. My palpitations have been starting since the moment I wake up. I've tried to connect this to different causes but anxiety is the most likely answer. I've also been feeling uncomfortable "tingles" in my arm and back (I feel like when I'm calmer, I don't notice them as much, but it also might have to do with my sitting position and/or laying on my side when I sleep, so I'm not sure if it's completely an anxiety thing or not).

My doctor is out of town. I really don't want to go to the emergency room because I don't think they would be able to do much to help anyway. I feel like the best thing to do would be to stop being anxious but that's way easier said than done, especially because of the high stress I've been going through lately. Kind words would be appreciated. Thank you.