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>They have anxiety about their heart rate and possibly dying, and their friend OP keeps insisting that they just need to "calm down and be cool" because this is
by Tenoke 5y ago
>They have anxiety about their heart rate and possibly dying, and their friend OP keeps insisting that they just need to "calm down and be cool" because this is "all in your head." That's what ignorant friends are for :-)
999 times of a thousand (likely much more) this is the correct response. As you acknowledged there's a feedback loop and external reasons to justify it are likely to increase your HR even further. Given that it increases anxiety and paranoia the times when people have a real problem are going to be extrme rarer compared to the amount of times they are just causing themselves extra anxiety by freaking out.
Also 150 is still not really an issue. Anxiety can cause that and it can safely drop after calming down.
- goldenkey 5y agoThere's really nothing wrong with going to the hospital to get checked up if you've taken something that might be killing you. 150 is pretty high for a body that isn't exercising. If I had insurance and my HR was that high from a substance, and wasn't falling, I'd be on my way to the hospital if the diazepam I keep on hand didn't help. Your risk assessment is different. Trying to give stats on something neither of us can reliably give, is very silly.