what does it mean when your heart feels like it's beating hard?
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Palpitations are feelings that your heart is skipping a beat, fluttering, pounding, or beating too hard or too fast. You may feel palpitations in your chest, throat, or neck during activity or when you are sitting still or lying down.
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When you're having a panic attack, the Anxiety and Depression Association of America says it's common to experience chest pain and palpitations as a response to your heart rate increasing.
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This fleeting feeling like your heart is fluttering is a called a heart palpitation, and most of the time it's not cause for concern. Heart palpitations can be caused by anxiety, dehydration, a hard workout or if you've consumed caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, or even some cold and cough medications.
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You may be having a heart attack if you feel: Pain, pressure, or squeezing in your chest, particularly a little to the left side. Pain or pressure in your upper body like your neck, jawline, back, stomach, or in one or both of your arms (especially your left) Shortness of breath.
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If you are experiencing fear, anxiety or stress, your heart rate will increase. People who can feel their heartbeat, or flutter, may be experiencing palpitations. This may be due to stress, anxiety, medications, or it may be a sign of a serious heart condition.
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Most of the time, there's no reason to worry. But sometimes palpitations can be signs of trouble. Many say a palpitation feels like a heaviness in the chest, head, or even the neck. Sometimes there's a flip-flopping in the chest or the throat, or the heart may stop or skip for a brief second.
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An intense feeling of anxiety that is often described as a sinking sensation and sense of impending doom. Heart attack can also lead to more serious complications such as arrhythmia or irregularity of the heart rhythm. These are usually atrial arrhythmias that arise from the atrium.
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Feeling heaviness in the chest can result from various mental and physical health conditions. People often associate a heavy feeling in the chest with heart problems, but this discomfort can be a sign of anxiety or depression. A feeling of heaviness is one way that a person may describe chest pain or discomfort.
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This natural, fear-based response can make your heart temporarily beat faster and work harder. When your heart beats faster and harder, your blood vessels become narrower, which can lead to high blood pressure. During stressful times, your blood pressure may rise for a short time.
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Heart palpitations may be a sign or symptom of arrhythmia, an irregular heartbeat, or other heart conditions such as heart attack, heart failure, heart valve disease, or cardiomyopathy. Although palpitations are very common and usually harmless, they can be frightening when they happen and may cause anxiety.
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Feeling heaviness in the chest can result from various mental and physical health conditions. People often associate a heavy feeling in the chest with heart problems, but this discomfort can be a sign of anxiety or depression.
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Pay attention to your body and call 911 if you experience: Chest discomfort. Most heart attacks involve discomfort in the center of the chest that lasts more than a few minutes – or it may go away and then return. It can feel like uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain.
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The heart "stops" Usually this feeling is caused by an extra beat (premature beat or extrasystole) that happens earlier than the next normal beat, and results in a pause until the next normal beat comes through.
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A premature heartbeat can also sometimes lead to arrhythmia. Premature heartbeats feel like your heart has skipped a beat. In reality, your normal heart rhythm has been interrupted by a too-soon beat, and you're experiencing an extra beat between two normal heartbeats.
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Heart palpitations are the sensation that your heart has skipped a beat or added an extra beat. It may also feel like your heart is racing, pounding, or fluttering. You may become overly aware of your heartbeat. This sensation can be felt in the neck, throat, or chest.
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Angina, also called angina pectoris, is often described as squeezing, pressure, heaviness, tightness or pain in your chest. Some people with angina symptoms say angina feels like a vise squeezing their chest or a heavy weight lying on their chest.
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What causes a bounding pulse? A bounding pulse is when a person feels their heart beating harder or more vigorously than usual. People are often worried that a bounding pulse is a sign of a heart problem. However, anxiety or panic attacks cause many cases and will resolve on their own.