Heart palpitations, anyone else have them?

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Heart palpitations are my main physical manifestation of hightened anxiety and panic attacks. My very first panic attack happened because I was having heart palpitations while traveling abroad. I've had heart palpitations (fast heart rate and skipping of beats) throughout my life, but when I was abroad I could not control the runaway train of negative thoughts about "what if I have a heart problem now, how can i get help in a foreign country? what if I die here", and that was the start of my anxiety. I had an EKG and all of that too. It's truly tied to your state of mind--once I started my summer job and was busy without time to think about them, they stopped coming. Best of luck everyone--I Know how you feel, and you will survive them!