Anxiety is one of the most common psychological effects of cardiac arrest. Posts covering the causes, symptoms and practical management of anxiety during recovery.
Have you ever felt like a date on the calendar could hold so much power? For cardiac arrest survivors, the first anniversary of their event often looms large, stirring up a whirlwind of emotions. How do you navigate this significant milestone when your heart has quite literally stopped and started again? Understanding Your Cardiac Arrest … Read more
Surviving a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is often described as a miraculous second chance at life. Yet, for many survivors, this life-altering event brings with it a complex array of emotions and challenges that can be difficult for others to understand. One of the most perplexing feelings that SCA survivors often grapple with is a … Read more
If you’re like me and other survivors, once you’ve returned home from hospital and life begins to settle down, you begin to think about what happened to you. For most of us, our sudden cardiac arrests came out of nowhere: uninvited and unexpected. We came perilously close to not being alive and, for me at … Read more