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’m not a doctor. But I think it has to do in part with the autonomous nervous system, your blood pressure, your overall heart and big arteries’s health, the aorta and etc. When we are overwhelmed with sadness and happiness MANY things happen “in the background”, our bodies go through many physiological processes. The simpathic and parassimpathic systems which regulate your heart beat and functionality need to be 100% fine.
If one of these process would be compromised, you would feel the symptoms. For example if there is clogging by fat plaques going on inside your blood vessels, your heart would have to work harder and then you would feel a pressure inside your chest. When you are overwhelmed with sadness or happiness.
But I think you may want to see a doctor so you can check if everything is all right with your heart, your arteries and your health.
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