I'm so paranoid I am having a heart attack. My step dad had a heart attack 2 weeks ago almost and ever since then i have been obsessing over it. When my mom told me about his symptoms, i automatically started to develop them. He had pain in his elbows and chest and now i do. Especially my left elbow, shoulder, and arm, and then i get a weird pain in my chest on the side where my heart is.

Im not sure if its just muscle tension or i am in fact having a heart attack. It's like a weird tightening that comes and goes. It feels like its in my left breast..I dont know. But its freaking me out... Along with that i have been so focused on my breathing that i feel like i cant catch my breath and i have to yawn sometimes to catch my breath... Its very unsettling.

I told my aunt who is a nurse about it the other day, and she just yelled at me and laughed in my face basically and told me im a hypochondriac.. She wasn't even the slightest bit concerned about me. Maybe its because i am 24 years old and relatively healthy and don't have high blood pressure or smoke or anything like that, and my diet is pretty decent. The only factor i have in having a heart attack is STRESS.

Im just really scared that im having one.. I can't stand this. If something was really wrong....would my aunt have been concerned... should i still go to the ER...is this anxiety related or something else... Im reallly anxious over this. :(