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Posted 8/19/2014 3:37 AM (GMT 0)
I'm just curious. I really can't recall in the past but pretty much every time I go bed or lay down I either lay flat on my back or on my right side. Every time I'm in my left I just can't stand it. I feel my heartbeat very much so and I feel it just gets more noticeable by the beat lol. Only when I am truly relaxed I can go on my left side but then anticipate it and boom! I can really feel my heartbeat. It's amazing how this can happen ha. Do any of you guys feel the same way? I'm a skinny guy too so that probably has to do with that.
Posted 8/19/2014 4:18 AM (GMT 0)
Hey buddy, I am just the opposite I mostly sleep on my back,
or left side, I don't feel like I can breath right on my right side
I do know that our blood pressure is less when on our left side.
Peace.
Larry ***
Posted 8/19/2014 11:49 AM (GMT 0)
I'm a side sleeper and wish I could sleep on my back.  If you don't like feeling your heart beat while lying on your left side, just remember that it's a good thing your heart beats. A lot of people with anxiety have heart issues and anything to do with the heart scares them, just remember your heart is a very strong organ and each beautiful beat it makes is a wonderful beautiful thing.  smilewinkgrin
Posted 8/19/2014 1:28 PM (GMT 0)
Haha well that's very interesting to know. Unfortunately the longer I lie on my left side the stronger I feel my heart beat gets I feel so I just flip myself over and call it a night:)
Posted 8/19/2014 3:17 PM (GMT 0)
Jocipher, I must be odd one out here because I totally understand. Alot of times, lying on my left side, I feel my heart beat more and the PVCs if they're going on seem more pronounced. I just roll over on my other side and I'm fine.
Posted 8/19/2014 4:11 PM (GMT 0)
Yea mysweetpanda I don't get many PVC's but lying on my left side when that happens makes me very uncomfortable which is why I typically don't do it in the first place ha. I also don't lie flat with my chest to the bed either. Still feel it but not as bad as my left side.
Posted 8/19/2014 4:17 PM (GMT 0)
It's almost funny, but we talk about mindfulness here all the time and what you are doing by locking on to your pulse with
such intensity is pure mindfulness. lol, Peace

Larry ***
Posted 8/19/2014 4:43 PM (GMT 0)
Larry,

That's a good observation! How true! We sometimes wonder what mindfulness is all about, without realizing we're practicing it in a rather obtuse way.

As for how you sleep, I think by nature, we all have comfortable positions, and things we can and can't do. I'm all over the place when I sleep (except I do cling to the side of the bed,...how weird is that?) :)









M.
Posted 11/13/2015 11:32 AM (GMT 0)
I have noticed the same thing, every time I lay on my left side i get really bad heart palpitations and anxiety. Did you ever look into it and find out if there was a logical reason? While working in the medical field we always had the patient lay on her left side to help blood circulation to the heart when they had high blood pressure to lower their blood pressure. So I do know that there is an effect on the heart laying on one side or the other.
Posted 11/13/2015 4:09 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Qualred and welcome!

As people with anxiety, we are often on red alert regarding body sensations due to our sensitivities. This causes us to focus on normal feelings, and attach negative thoughts and worries to them.

Lying on the left side is going to cause us to feel our hearts more, simply due to physiology...as you mentioned.


If this is a trigger for you, avoiding that position is a temporary solution.

A more lasting one is working through the health anxiety. We have excellent self help available in our Resources at the top of the main forum page.

Keep posting with us as well if you find it helpful.:) If you so choose, please start a new thread of introduction for yourself, so we can properly welcome you.

Scaredy Cat
Posted 11/13/2015 8:35 PM (GMT 0)
My issue is my right side. If I lay on my right side I get very uncomfortable, my left doesn't bother me so much. When I lay on my right side, it seems that my sternum starts to hurt. It's weird.
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