I don’t really know how it’s called, but there are moments that when I feel so overwhelmed with sadness, happiness or emotions overall that I get this pressure feeling on my chest. Does it have a name? Why does it happen?
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I am not a neurologist, but my understanding is that the vagus nerve passes through the chest and reports to the part of your brain directly next to the part that activates when you’re stressed.
When you’re really stressed, the signals in the brain accidentally activate the nearby areas which happen to include the pressure around your chest sensation. Since that area gets activated, you also get a fake sensation of pressure.
Basically a nearby electrical surge triggering sensors
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