I'm 24 this year and before I knew I had anxiety issues (just a guess on my part), I was having really bad chest pains and I couldn't sleep much. This happened just a few months back. It felt like something was pressing my chest all of a sudden, this happened in the middle of the night when I couldn't sleep. It slowly progressed to hearing my heart palpitate and it got quicker and quicker and I felt like I was going to explode. It was a combination of fear and anxiety and nerves all rolled into one. Other symptoms such as me not being able to swallow my saliva?? or like me having to take deep breaths because I can't take shallow ones.. I questioned everything my body was doing and it almost feels like my mind is trying to kill my body? It doesn't make sense when I put it like that.
I've spoken to my sister about having a bit of these issues and I shared with her that I always think of the worst-case scenario in almost any situation, whether its crossing the road (a car will hit me), taking a plane (it will crash), going overseas (bad things will happen cause i'm a tourist), eating a sweet (thinking that i may choke), on an escalator (i will fall back and die), sitting underneath a ceiling fan (it will drop from the ceiling). It happens even when I'm not in a dangerous situation. I just think like that and I don't know why.
I'm scared to find out what's wrong with me but I know there is something not quite right. What should I do next?