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Old Oct 27, 2013, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by moralfe View Post
Ever since the second attack I am afraid of working out or getting on the treadmill because it will make my heart rate get higher. It's not that I am getting a panic attack it's just the normal heart rate you get you run or work out.
It is very good you are making these associations. I have a similar one where I use my asthma inhaler when I have merely been doing normal activities like climbing the steps in my house but am breathing heavier as a result.

When I put the two together and think about them that way, that frees me up to choose to wait a bit longer before I use my inhaler, see if things get better or worse. Maybe you can do something like that with your treadmill use; start using it and see how you feel about it as your heart rate gets higher and then choose whether you want to stop or not?

Testing out reality and choosing one's actions are always helpful for anxiety. Letting past events and one's fear of being afraid choose for us just makes us feel less in control and feeling less in control makes me feel anxious :-)
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