Can Anxiety Cause Chest Pain?

Now there is a question that is asked most of the time; Can Anxiety Cause Chest Pain? Well, the short answer to this question is simply yes! If you want a long answer, keep reading.

I must point out (no pun intended) that I am not saying that all causes of chest pain are due to stress and anxiety. There may well be other reasons for this, and stress is certainly one of them.

I think we would agree that one of the worst cases of anxiety is an anxiety attack. They provide a great opportunity to experience some of the worst mental and physical symptoms in a very short period of time, although you can experience a series of attacks in a matter of days, simply because your brain is determined to be more suited to your situation. current. State. to be.

But we are talking about generalized anxiety and if this is something that you have been suffering from for a while, I am sure you are an expert when it comes to all the variety of symptoms that we have.

Chest pain and stress

One of the symptoms of anxiety can be a painful sensation in the chest and the reason for this is simply the way breathing occurs in people with anxiety. Anxious breathing puts pressure on certain muscles between the rib cage and the shoulders and neck, which can lead to tenderness and muscle spasms in the chest wall.

But you must be wondering why this question worries you in the first place. I think the obvious answer is simply because you are afraid of having a heart attack or some heart problem.

Feel free to realize that the symptoms of a heart attack and a panic attack may share some similarities, but there are also differences.

Causes of chest pain: cardiac arrest or just anxiety?

When you experience high anxiety, your heart may beat very quickly and cause chest pain (usually in the upper left part of the chest), but the chest pain goes away pretty quickly.

Unlike this, during a heart attack, the chest pain will be continuous and you will feel an almost overwhelming pressure sensation in the center of your chest. The heartbeat is only secondary to the main symptoms of a heart attack.

Additionally, the pain may worsen with movement or increased physical activity and go away if you stay still and rest easily (unlike a panic attack where standing still won't necessarily change symptoms, it does may very well increase the heart rate).

The irony, of course, is that when you worry about chest pain it creates more anxiety, and as your anxiety increases you can focus more on the chest pain and your thoughts can turn into catastrophic assumptions of these symptoms. It is the anxiety that creates the problem in the first place.

So, can anxiety cause chest pain? We now know they can and I hope this information helps put things in perspective. Don't worry too much about chest pain, it's probably the result of too much stress and anxiety in your life. Of course, if you are very concerned about chest pain, see your doctor.

So how do you get rid of chest pain?

Learn how to reduce your anxiety and you will find that those pesky chest pains will probably start to go away, along with all of the other anxiety related symptoms. I am a strong advocate of treating anxiety without medication, and there are many ways to do this. The trick is knowing what helps and what doesn't. Once you find an approach that does this, you need to keep repeating it.