Chest pain for 3 months?

One night after a heavy back workout I was reaching for a towel after the shower and started to get a dull squeezing sensation in my left chest area and became dizzy/lightheaded so off to the ER I went. EKG, blood tests and X-ray all came back good and I was released and was told to follow up with my primary care doctor. Upon visit to the primary care doctor they did another ekg and that looked good so he said it was costchondritis because my sternum area was tender to the touch. So relieved that he said it was not heart related I slowly began working out again after a month of doing nothing I started cardio and light weight lifting. The pain got better over time but I still had a dull ache in my left chest area almost all of the time. About a month later after stressing out about the constant dull pain I decided to try another back workout and two days later starting having bad chest pains, light headed, dizzy, left hand tingle, and felt my pulse racing in my neck, and thought I was having a heart attack. ER visit again and all ekg, blood test and X-ray were good. ER doc said it was most likely anxiety attack. Since then I have been under a lot of stress constant tight back, trap, and neck muscles along with the same dull pain in my chest as before. Seems like I have developed health anxiety to the point where I think I am going to have a heart attack, brain injury because of headaches, blood clot because of muscle cramps and so on. Recently seeing a cardiologist to ease my mind but has anyone had symptoms like this? Could it all be stress and anxiety related? Thanks

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