Slight feeling of pressure in left side of chest

Just wondered if anyone else gets this because I've never heard about my exact symptoms in anything I've read before.

I often have a constant, very light feeling of pressure in the left/centre of my chest. Its so mild that I can't notice it when I'm moving or doing something. But as soon as I sit down or am still, I notice it again.

Have had ECGs and other tests and doctor assures me there's nothing physically wrong and it's down to anxiety. I believe him, because I've had it for years (at least 10 years, more I think) and, as my doctor says, if it was cardio related it would have developed into something more by now.

But it still worries me because I haven't heard of anyone else with this symptom. And since being diagnosed with anxiety I've made lots of changes - better sleep, more exercise, stopped smoking etc - which have cleared up a lot of the other symptoms I had, but not this one.

Anyone else experience this? Honestly the feeling of "pressure" is so light that it's easy to ignore, it just feels like I am wearing a shirt with a chest pocket, that has a small item like a pen in it, which is pressing gently against my chest. Sometimes it lasts a few hours and sometimes days, but I get it regularly, like two or three times a week.

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