Michele Straube has been living with atrial fibrillation (AFib) for 42 years. She's sharing how she has some control over her heart’s behavior and what she does to help manage any episodes.
to do its work converting me back into sinus rhythm. Time to exercise some control over that monkey brain. Breathe, tell my brain “Not now” for the doomscroll thoughts, breathe some more, repeat.
And my morning newsfeed that day included an article about worrying smarter . I think the universe is looking out for me! I know that if I’ve done everything I can to change the situation I’m worrying about , I need to let the worry go. And if I have a plan of what to do if things don’t change , IAs mentioned before, this last AFib episode was a doozy. The pill-in-a-pocket did finally work, possibly because I was able to calm my anxiety about the episode.
I make sure to sleep in a position where I cannot feel my heartbeat . I don’t take an Apple Watch EKG reading unless I’m dizzy or have other symptoms . I implement mindfulness strategies when I feel my thoughts straying back to AFib catastrophizing – a practice called: Stop, Observe, Breathe, Expand awareness, Respond . And I focus on my gratitude for being in normal rhythm right now.
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