If it's what I get, an empty slightly painful feeling in the chest, then yeah I would guess it's anxiety and depression related. I had been good for a couple years, only getting it for a few minutes at a time and months apart from each other, but lately it's come back in full force. I almost constantly have that feeling - it's a sinking, depressing, painful, sad feeling in my chest. I don't know how else to describe it, but it seems to be more of an emotion but I get physical symptoms in my chest. Like I said, a sinking, depressed, and worthless feeling.

Not sure if that's what you feel or not. If it is it's good to know I'm not the only one. If it's not, then maybe I am the only one and I should go see a doctor.

 

If it's what I get, an empty slightly painful feeling in the chest, then yeah I would guess it's anxiety and depression related. I had been good for a couple years, only getting it for a few minutes at a time and months apart from each other, but lately it's come back in full force. I almost constantly have that feeling - it's a sinking, depressing, painful, sad feeling in my chest. I don't know how else to describe it, but it seems to be more of an emotion but I get physical symptoms in my chest. Like I said, a sinking, depressed, and worthless feeling.

Not sure if that's what you feel or not. If it is it's good to know I'm not the only one. If it's not, then maybe I am the only one and I should go see a doctor.

finally, someone that understands me, ive told my doctor but she doesnt listen and doesnt take me seriously. Ive tried telling my friends about it and none of them can relate. They try to tell me its something else but no its not. The quote is exactly how i feel.
the feeling comes in randomly and messes my mood up, i wont be thinking about anything but then this feeling rushes to me like a wave of sadness. its like a warm deep sinking pit feeling in my heart/chest area. The feeling stays for a couple minutes, the longest time for it for me was 2 hours and i was just not feeling anything for the rest of the day. I am relieved theres people out there that i can relate to about this, sucks that we have to experience this tho.:frown2:

 

I think I MIGHT be experiencing something similar. When it happens, does it feel sorta like you're all the sudden outta breath while exhaling and last just for a second? Feels sorta like your breath is gone for no reason, and lasts just for a second. Is this what you're experiencing, or is it just me? Oops. I didn't realize you said it lasts for hours. It does sound anxiety related though. Talk with your doctor about it.

 

I know this post is dating back quite a while, but you have perfectly described what I'm experiencing. Have you ever had this diagnosed? I've been experiencing this on and off for a few years but lately it's been happening every day. I had gone to the doc a while back and had an EKG and everything was normal. Doc said it was most likely stress related.

Although it only lasts for a second at a time, it's pretty scary.

Thanks!

 

for me its like a pang, or a sharp shooting pain, except it doesn't hurt as such, but it makes your heart bleed and makes you want to cry..

 

Yes. I get it when I'm depressed. It feels similar to exhaling a lot of air. I've always assumed the sinking feeling in the chest was my depression talkin' to me

 

:no I have that feeling right now. I call it the dark pit. It's where I imagine all my good and positive feelings and emotions go to die. I actually just posted about it before I found this thread. I can't inhale a satisfactory breath, my heart is beating erratically, and I'm so nervous I jump at any loud or sudden noise. SOMETIMES, not today though, some yoga and breathing exercises will alleviate this or at least significantly decrease it. But some days, no matter how much I try, what I do, how many times I visit my happy place, I just cannot escape this dreadful feeling that the sky is falling and the ground is crumbling beneath me!

 

I just feel this heavy weight on my heart, as if it's become a rock, and my breathing gets very shallow. This happens when I'm having one of my really bad times of deppression usually.
I'll feel this pain shoot up my arms to the palms of my hands, and it really is literal pain. Those come in bursts when I'm thinking about something very sad, or the thing(s) that are making me depressed.

 

pretty sure what you're describing is anxiety/ fear

 

I get heart cramps, sharp pains etc. It's mostly when I have a panic attack, yet sometimes when I do go for a run.

 

I feel like that every single day! It comes and goes sometimes, and sometimes it lasts all day. It's draining all my energy out and i feel exhausted.

 

Yeah, it's probably anxiety/depression. I have this feeling all the time, more or less. Which is... probably not healthy.

 

It might be anxiety but I don't think it's depression. I am rarely actually depressed. This might be hard to believe if you read my posts but that is the way I naturally am. I don't feel depressed the vast majority of the time.

 

I have This All The Time

I've described this so often to someone and no one ever knows what I'm referring to. As a matter of fact, the last couple days it has been increasingly difficult to focus on anything. I have this hollow sinking feeling in my chest, almost a kind of painful blow...I always describe it as feeling as if I've been hit in the chest with a baseball bat. I do struggle with anxiety and depression, and this certainly goes hand in hand with it. When I saw this thread I had to make an account just so I could let you know I experience it too...and it was actually kind of reassuring in a way to see that there's also a handful of people who have the same thing. So crazy how something emotional/mental can manifest itself into a physical symptom. I just want to be happy.

 

I get that too. I never knew what it was. Is it...literally a heart ache? Its like your chest is sinking. And there is this continuous feeling of dread. Meditation is the only thing that works and then it has to be in a quiet dark place. But that may be the social anxiety.

 

I get exactly what you describe. This feeling intensifies, after something negative happens, like a social interaction that goes wrong and you criticize yourself.

 

It usually happens to me when my anxiety/depression hit really extreme lows

 

I'm feeling it... i've never discussed it with anyone before though.

I don't know another way to describe it other than empty... sometimes I mistake it for hunger... other times it makes me nauseous and I can't eat...

the feeling is there almost constantly unless I keep myself occupied but sometimes won't leave no matter what I do.

It gets really bad when I am about to be around people especially those I don't know... sometimes it is literally debilitating.

The last time I went to a party it got so bad that I threw up and had to spend the whole night sleeping in my car.

 

It gets hard to breathe, for me at least, like theres something in my throat, and I cant get any air.

 

It feels like something is sinking inside from you chest? Pain that tingles oppose to hurting?

All the time.

 

I know that feeling all too well. I had it for weeks when i was going through such a tough time.

It arose due to a family related issue where i had an unhealthy disagreement with my cousin. Without going into meticulous detail (However if you'd like to know the full story let me know) But i was denied access to see my young cousin having an operation, because she felt it was pointless both of us being there.

We had various arguments via text. During the entire ordeal and the many many weeks that followed i felt devastated, my mind and body physically exhausted through not sleeping and constant over-thinking. I was increasingly anxious as i constantly was ruminating the scenario in my mind.

I had this dull ache in my chest that wouldn't shift for weeks. It was as you described... a very sickly sensation, eating was difficult. My breathing was shallow also. Not something i liked to experience and to be quite honest i couldn't figure how best to alleviate those feelings. I hope it doesn't happen to you again.

 

Yeah. Loss. Hopelessness

It's regular when I wake to a functioning day. I look after myself. When the chores of food, shower, pursuing work, checking all info sources. ie. this website, news

When things dry up, I feel hollow and can be positive. I relax by going to bed in the day :b

 

When I feel anxious I get that feeling, but near my clavicles/neck...it's hard to describe but feels like a dull ache...like my muscles are tightening up.

 

I get that when I am extremely nervous before the plane flights and sometimes after them too.
I could be just high blood pressure though.

 

Weird empty feeling in chest

I have no idea what this is but when I see/hear it described I know what it is. I have had it off and on for 40 plus years. usually, it comes from nowhere. The last few days it has happened when I was at home and working on fun projects. It is more of an annoyance than anything. Seems most people have no idea what someone is talking about when they describe this. This weekend it has happened several times. It may not happen again for months and months.

 

Absolutely I've felt this before. It's a dull ache I get when I feel extremely depressed or anxious. It feels like my body is constricting around emptiness in my chest and I just feel like horrible emotion of just being alone for the rest of my life. That I'll always suffer with my disorders no matter what.

 

EBOLA.


...just kidding

 

I have a feeling of pressure and pain around my diaphragm area almost every day. Once it was so bad, I had to leave work early. I have it right now, it's hard to breathe.
I don't know if this is what you mean though.