Hi all, hope it’s appropriate to post here

I’m a 17 year old (female) and my dad had a heart attack which lead to a cardiac arrest four weeks ago while jogging. Thankfully, he survived and received CPR on time. The fire station was about a minute from the park he was jogging at and was seen by someone right when he fell. He has been diagnosed with coronary artery disease and showed no symptoms or signs beforehand. He has three stents put in. 

But I am terrified. All the doctors we’ve spoke with said that his disease is most likely hereditary because the severity of his condition. We don’t know if it could’ve been passed down from anyone on his side of the family because back then they wouldn’t pay attention or diagnose people with it anyway. A lot of the men on my dads side have died in their 40s and 50s so it is a possibility. And I cannot stop thinking about what if it would happen to me. 

I’m scared to go out to workout because I keep thinking I’m going to pass out like my dad. I don’t know if I actually have shortness of breath or if it’s just in my head. I also don’t know if I’m feeling actually chest pain/tightness in the chest or I’m literally just imagining it. I don’t know of anxiety is causing heart burn or if I’m just imagining it or if it’s actually real. I’m scared to sleep alone in my room at night because I’ve read things about people getting it in their sleep and I can’t get it out of my head. I can’t stop imagining myself like 20 years from now when I’m married with children and then just dying because of this. I hate being alone in the house and everyday I wake up I keep thinking this could be my last day on earth…

My parents think I’m going insane and won’t let me get an echo. They think I’m doing this for attention. They find it super annoying that I keep sleeping with them every night. I also hate driving because I’m alone during that and I never workout anymore because of this and I keep asking to go get my blood tests done and they just dismiss everything. I’m not going to be able to be normal until I go see a doctor and get some sort of test done that tells me I don’t have heart disease.