Anxiety pain

[Benji62]

Does anyone get small pains in heart area and like a stitch kind of pain under left breast with anxiety, this is bringing me down

[PrimoB]

I used to get them all day everyday! Mine felt like needle pokes. I also had twitches in the heart area that worried me, but it was nothing. Very common for anxiety sufferers. Remind yourself it’s normal when you feel them and breath!

[Ironj]

Everyday for 30 years, it comes and goes throughout the day and night. That’s what started my anxiety 30 years ago. Now I have health anxiety from it.

[guynfl2chat]

I sometimes get discomfort in that area or in the pecs. Anxiety loves to make me feel like I having a heart problem. I had it checked out a few years ago and my heart is fine. Sometimes it feels like a little static shock sensation and it scares me. Anxiety, in my opinion, wants to be acknowledged and sometimes creates these new body sensations to let us know they are there. I would recommend you ACCEPT it (make sure you are ok medically of course!) and say its my anxiety and it will pass. I sometimes use a massager on the area or get a massage. It helps to relax my tense muscles.

[Hidden]

Yes, I've had that before. it's just anxiety.

[sliverofsilver]

Oh. My. God. I have the exact same thing, and I mean LITERALLY the exact same thing! And I mean under the left breast! I was worrying about it too, but I think it’s just an anxiety thing, or just something human bodies do sometimes. Like some people have a hole in their heart, but it doesn’t do anything. It’s not dangerous, harmful or bothersome.

[Benji62]

I don't want this to sound like I'm glad you have it, but I'm so relieved someone else has identified with it, cos it's doing my head in, I keep telling myself it's just anxiety and thats fine till it starts again, then all rational thoughts go out the window

[Miniwheats]

Yes I have that sometimes. In fact thinking about it while writing this just caused a twinge of it! Besides anxiety, I've read that sharp pains in the heart area are more likely caused by a temporary rib/muscle issue. And it makes sense...if it were angina then why on earth would it be sharp pain? Last time I experienced it I remembered that the day before I had been holding a flat screen tv rather awkwardly for a long time while we were fastening the connections to the wall to mount it. Sure enough it went away completely after a couple days but came back when I had a stressful thought about something else...and again just now as I'm writing this!

[Rilo7268]

yes. under the right breast lately too which I never had. I also have gerd and I think I remember hearing it could be that. such fun.

[Bbower67]

Yes!!!

[Sunandrose87]

I have it too and I got it checked by the doctor and my heart is normal.

[savgresh4]

I get this pain under my left boob. I feel like it’s always there. I always get lain in my back on the same side where the lain in my rib is. It’s so crappy... makes me feel like something else is wrong with me.