The category ‘‘feeling endangered’’ encompassed reactions to symptoms that were not relieved or that became
more severe. This category had 2 properties: fear and/or
anxiety and seriousness (Table 2).
Fear and/or anxiety concerned emotional and existential experiences that commonly increased when
symptoms worsened. Some of the participants explicitly expressed strong fear and agony.
The feelingwas that now I amgoing to die.Now I will get a
new,more seriousmyocardial infarction, so nowI amgoing
to die. Thatwas the first thing I thought aboutIIt filledmy
mind. I thought about the children, I thought about
everything. (i2)