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Chest pain from thinking about it

max022
max022

ive been struggling with health anxiety for about six years now and I'm use to chest pain coming with my attacks but today my symptoms feel different. Normally I feel a quick sharp pain for a couple seconds and then it comes and goes like that. Today I woke up from a nap and the top left side of my chest feels heavy and sore. Almost like a sore muscle. And it's been there for a couple hours now  


Is it possible that my chest muscle is just sore from all the anxiety attacks my body takes? Also wanted to know if anyone else out there can almost create physical pain symptoms just by thinking about it? Sometimes I'll be sitting there not having an attack and just think "wow it would suck if chest started hurting now" and then bam, it starts hurting. 

Seamus
Seamus
Chances are it was from laying on your side or from turning over in your sleep.

You sound a bit like a hypochondriac.... But not about everything. But about your chest. So your building up anxiety from it. Like most people with severe anxiety. Your dwelling on it often.

Are you exercising at all?
arfie
arfie
Hello Max. Welcome to DS.

There's no "almost" to my ability to create physical pain symptoms just by thinking about it. I am *that* vulnerable to power of suggestion. In my own case, I believe I am equally vulnerable to positive suggestion. Alas, it's allot easier to find negative suggestion than positive suggestion, so the positives have extra chaos to shout over to be heard.

Yup, my anxiety also wells up as chest pains, also. Gentle empathy. No shortage of negative suggestions on what those chest pains might be. . .
Squarley
Squarley
Push on that area if it still sore that’s what it is I have costochondritis a good chest pains constantly scares me never know when it’s a heart attack or actually my test the doctor told me to push on it and if it’s sore it is then do with muscle pain hope this helps feel better soon .
max022
max022
Thanks, Squarley. I actually read the same thing in a different thread and pushed on it and the pain worsened. Just another day of my logical thoughts fighting my anxiety thoughts
LDobbins
LDobbins
When I turned 30, for some reason my thoughts started lingering in health.... All of sudden I was googling better eating habits, easy exercise routines for busy folks, even caught myself wrapped up in mental health blogs. I can not rationally explain why ALL OF A SUDDEN, every thought I had concentrated on health.... One day I was cleaning house and this voice in my head (as crazy as it sounds) told me to go to the doctor. I didn't listen to it, for a while. A few months later I came down with flu like symptoms, called the doctor and made an appointment but they weren't able to get me in quick. By the time my appointment came around my cold was gone, but that damn voice again kept telling me to keep that appointment. So i went, on October 15, 2017, my primary physician found an abnormal heartbeat and sent me to a cardiologist for testing. On January 18, 2018 I had open heart surgery to correct a congenital heart defect. I'm not trying to scare you, and I truly hope and pray what your going through is superficial. By the time I finally got diagnosed the right side of my heart had enlarged four times the size of my left, I was going through heart failure and didn't know it.

Trust me friend, I know how scary it can be. 36 years old, never had a health problem at all, no daily medications ever.... Two children, naturally.... Kept a healthy weight my whole life... My head is still spinning lol. I am actually the healthiest person in my entire family. My advice to you, please call your primary and get an annual well person check up. Stress is a silent killer, and that voice I heard that day saved my life... I want to do the same for you! Good luck and God bless
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