Extreme chest pains

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This pain is getting ti much now i get it every other day or every day without fail it comes and goes and it leaves me weak ive had it for a long time but it feels like everytime i get it im dying ive got it now in the centre of my chest and it hurts so much ive had ecgs and blood tests in the past been to hospital a few times for it but nothing bad has come back i get all the heart attack symptoms but its never one i suffer anxietybut i onky start feeling really anxious when i get the pain and it sometimes takes a hour to get rid of the pain am i alone is this are there other people that suffer like this

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    Yes, I get chest pain when im feeling anxious. Sometimes it comes when im not anxious then makes me anxious. Its like something is crushing my sternum, it can be very painful. . Its quite a common symptom of anxiety and some people refer to it as 'Elepahant on chest' feeling.

    Mine mainly happens in the evenings when its become dark outside, thats when my anxiety affects me the most. I too had heart tests & a chest xray and all was normal.

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      I feel like i constantly check my heart rate when this happens sometimes my heart rate goes over 100 and sometimes it drops to 55 50 im turning into a nervous reck over it

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