Ever get this panicky feeling?

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Maybe I'm a hypochondriac but do you ever get this feeling you might get a heart attack during a really hard workout?:eek: Usually when I do a workout that is a little tougher than I can manage and then add some sprints to it, gasping for air, and am basically totally exhausted I sometimes get this really short panicky feeling that usually just lasts a fraction of a second. The feeling is basically "I wonder if I just over-did it and my heart will stop any second":oldman: I had this today while doing a really tough work out. I was just wondering if others experience this too:blush:
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  • Maybe I'm a hypochondriac but do you ever get this feeling you might get a heart attack during a really hard workout?:eek: ... The feeling is basically "I wonder if I just over-did it and my heart will stop any second" . . . I was just wondering if others experience this too:blush: Yes, sort of. No, never! I don't think I could swim hard if that kept happening to me... I used to have panic moments on the highway when I was convinced that the tractor-trailer ahead of me wouldn't clear the overpass and would come to a screeching halt killing me and everyone in my car. After years of this not happening I finally FINALLy got over my panicky feelings by believing that years and years of engineering and regulations had made this particular thing impossible and my fears were totally irrational. . . . Roads are repaved, retarred, which can take serious inches off that nicely calibrated distance. Also, those grills in the sidewalk do occasionally collapse when ppl walk on them. I spend my time panicking that I may not be able to swim until I'm 90, that global warming will destroy the future for my grandchildren (and my son is only 8), that North Korea will build and use a functional nuclear missile, and that I won't know about any of it because I'll have died of one of the unknown and uncurable diseases I'm sure I have already... And of course, the swimming is all for stress relief, right? I used to worry about the next war. Who didn't, when children had air raid drills in school, food was stockpiled in "shelters" (= basement), and one was expected to have an exit plan ready and a safe place one could get to on one's own? :confused:
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  • Maybe I'm a hypochondriac but do you ever get this feeling you might get a heart attack during a really hard workout?:eek: ... The feeling is basically "I wonder if I just over-did it and my heart will stop any second" . . . I was just wondering if others experience this too:blush: Yes, sort of. No, never! I don't think I could swim hard if that kept happening to me... I used to have panic moments on the highway when I was convinced that the tractor-trailer ahead of me wouldn't clear the overpass and would come to a screeching halt killing me and everyone in my car. After years of this not happening I finally FINALLy got over my panicky feelings by believing that years and years of engineering and regulations had made this particular thing impossible and my fears were totally irrational. . . . Roads are repaved, retarred, which can take serious inches off that nicely calibrated distance. Also, those grills in the sidewalk do occasionally collapse when ppl walk on them. I spend my time panicking that I may not be able to swim until I'm 90, that global warming will destroy the future for my grandchildren (and my son is only 8), that North Korea will build and use a functional nuclear missile, and that I won't know about any of it because I'll have died of one of the unknown and uncurable diseases I'm sure I have already... And of course, the swimming is all for stress relief, right? I used to worry about the next war. Who didn't, when children had air raid drills in school, food was stockpiled in "shelters" (= basement), and one was expected to have an exit plan ready and a safe place one could get to on one's own? :confused:
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