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Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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ljk2016
ljk2016
Hello,

Do any of you experience a smothering/almost pressure like feeling in your chest a lot? I experience it much of the day and it makes me feel like I don't have enough air. Even my brain feels like it's lacking oxygen because I feel almost lightheaded or something, it's weird.
salvatop
salvatop
Idi every morning and it doesn't stop until I go to my local YMCA and walk on the treadmill. I do 2 miles in 1/2 hour. I find that that really cams me down for the rest of the day. The anxiety doesn't go away but it is at a more manageable level.
salvatop
salvatop
Calms me down after I exercise.
smilealways14
smilealways14
That feeling may be anxiety. My experience with anxiety is suddenly getting a strong feeling of energy traveling through my body and getting stuck in the center of my chest. It occurs often.

MIGHT HELP YOU
Laying down on your back, with the palm of your hands facing up, closing your eyes, and taking steady breaths. Focusing on your breathing and on the chest pain disappearing.
littlemart
littlemart
Oh yes.. I get that. And a lot of the time I get it when I take in a deep breath. Kind of restricts me at the very top of my chest. It's absolutely amazing what stress can do to the body!