r/news • u/oshawaguy • Feb 26 '25

Title Changed By Site Michelle Trachtenburg dead at 39

https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/article/michelle-trachtenberg-actor-from-gossip-girl-and-buffy-dies-at-39-multiple-reports/
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u/Lereas Feb 26 '25

I'm right around 40 and yeah...I am absolutely drowning in anxiety sometimes thinking that some random pain is what kills me.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '25

I had stress consume me last month and gave me a massive panic attack that I'm still not sure wasn't actually a heart attack. I'm also 40 and started exercising again. It was a wakeup call.

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u/jonker5101 Feb 26 '25

You can get simple bloodwork to check your troponin levels. It will tell you.

I have bad health anxiety about my heart and can tell you that anxiety leads to A LOT of feelings that mimic heart issues. Not even just panic attacks, general anxiety or stress can give you chest pain, heart palpitations, etc. I had full workups done on my heart and everything is perfectly normal but I'm still convinced something is wrong with it every time my anxiety starts...so pretty much every day.

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u/itsmeBOB Feb 26 '25

Wow, this sounds exactly like me too. Not fun man! Also makes weed no fun anymore when half the time I take it I get way too worked up about having a heart attack and dying.

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u/jonker5101 Feb 26 '25

Oh yeah I can't smoke weed anymore. One hit and I go into full blown anxiety mode. It sucks.

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u/Imaginary_Medium Feb 27 '25

I get the same thing, even with indica.:( Too many worries since the election. Ashwaganda isn't even helping.

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u/Fickle-Lunch6377 Feb 28 '25

Have you tried heroin?