what does it mean when it feels like there is a weight on your 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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A: Heart palpitations, or the feeling of your heart skipping a beat or "flip-flopping" in your chest, are very common. Sometimes people describe a "strong pulse" in their chest or neck that makes them feel briefly uneasy. Most of the time, the person has no other long-lasting symptoms.
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Numbness in your chest can arrive suddenly and bring about a tingling sensation or the feeling of pins and needles. This sensation can be caused by a number of conditions. It's common to think that unusual feelings in their chest might be the sign of a heart attack or stroke.
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If you haven't done anything physical to trigger that back pain, and you're also feeling anxious or very tired along with the pain, that may mean you are experiencing a heart attack. Common heart attack symptoms can be: Pressure, tightness, or pain in the chest. Ache or pain in the neck, jaw, or back.
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3. Constipation. When you're stopped up, that weighed-down feeling you get could be weight gain. But there's good news: your body isn't actually absorbing more calories, says Brown, so it's not true weight gain so much as it is extra fecal matter, which is what could be adding a few pounds to the scale.
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It means that you feel very strongly to the point you feel full or even overwhelmed by a certain emotion. Your heart (you) can be full of love, hate, compassion, sadness, joy. Usually when a person uses the expression my heart is full without specifying the emotion, it typically means they feel much joy or love.
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Most people experiencing chest pain assume they are having a heart attack. Many times after ruling out any medical explanations, if your chest feels tight, it may be related to anxiety or high levels of stress. Chest tightness is a symptom of anxiety along with others that may occur simultaneously.
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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. Discomfort in other areas of the upper body.
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As for the sensation of something sitting on your chest, that's usually because of the way breathing is regulated in REM sleep.
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Angina is chest pain or discomfort caused when your heart muscle doesn't get enough oxygen-rich blood. It may feel like pressure or squeezing in your chest. The discomfort also can occur in your shoulders, arms, neck, jaw, or back. Angina pain may even feel like indigestion.
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['Chest pain, or a feeling of pressure or squeezing in the center of the chest. ... ', 'Pain may be experienced in the throat. ... ', 'Fatigue.', 'A shortness of breath either before or while experiencing the chest pain or discomfort.']
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Angina is chest pain or discomfort caused when your heart muscle doesn't get enough oxygen-rich blood. It may feel like pressure or squeezing in your chest. The discomfort also can occur in your shoulders, arms, neck, jaw, or back.
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Lightheadedness. Rapid pulse rate. Heart palpitations — a racing, uncomfortable or irregular heartbeat or a sensation of "flopping" in the chest. Chest pain.
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It could be caused by a mostly harmless condition called costochondritis, an inflammation around your upper ribs. If you press on your ribs and it feels tender, you may have it. One study found that 30% of those complaining of chest pain had costochondritis.
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On your torso or neck Feels like: A soft, movable bump just under your skin that's not painful when touched. Could be: A lipoma, a benign tumor in the fat cells under the skin. Lipomas can pop up anywhere on the body, but they're seen most commonly on the torso and neck.
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1. You Feel A Peaceful Feeling In Your Chest Or Stomach. Sometimes your intuition is so strong that you can physically feel the effects. While some people might feel a peaceful feeling within their heart, other people might notice their gut is trying to communicate by evoking a sinking feeling instead.
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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. Other sensations that a person with chest pain may experience include: tightening.