Venting Anyone else's heart physically hurt from sadness?

[dec132013]

Typically it hurts the most when i remember how lonely i am, but other times it starts aching out of no where and i have no idea how to make it stop other than not existing entirely.

It's a really hard feeling to describe, but usually it feels like my heart weighs too much and is going to fall down.

 

[Painless_end]

Mine does sometimes

 

[Cherrypea]

I feel emotional pain in my chest and it's a very heavy feeling yes. Hard to explain to anyone who hasn't experienced it.

 

[Vault of Memories]

Not constantly, but it happens. It's odd to describe, it feels kind of heavy just how the expression "heavy heart" would insinuate.

 

[Blue LIPS]

Yeah that's why I'm usually barging into an ER having a panic attack because I'm having "a heart attack" and then afterwards do the walk of shame being "that guy"... good fun. I just tell myself now if I have heart failure, then so be it, but if it's just anxiety/depression, I find laying in the recovery position helps. That in itself makes me wonder about my heart as laying in that position let's gravity do some of the work.

 

[TotallyIsolated]

Yeah. I'm desperately lonely. It feels like a sort of slow burning adrenaline or a long, low level panic attack.

 

[Mistake of Nature]

Yes. It's a deep ache that I can feel in my whole chest. I get it when I feel lonely too, or when the crushing weight of my reality comes crashing down on me. Sometimes crying it out helps, but otherwise, I just have to ride it out.

 

[muffin222]

Yes, I experience this often. My chest will feel compressed, like there's a heavy weight on top of it. I've been to doctors, so I know it's not a medical issue. I'm just hurting inside

 

[Life_and_Death]

when my hearts broken.....i can physically feel it shattering.
when im angry.....its like im on fire.
when im sad.....i feel like my whole body is being crushed
when im happy.....i physically feel like im glowing (or something like that)
so yeah...i understand physically feeling emotions. its a thing the goes with my disorder, BPD, the thing about people like me (at least from what i experienced and what ive read) is that what might make a person upset with completely tear us down. what will make a person happy will make us ecstatic. there is no in the middle. its one extreme or another.

 

[Bruces]

I'm in constant pain!

 

[Harleyyy]

Typically it hurts the most when i remember how lonely i am, but other times it starts aching out of no where and i have no idea how to make it stop other than not existing entirely.

It's a really hard feeling to describe, but usually it feels like my heart weighs too much and is going to fall down.

Yeah. I feel severe heartburn when i feel sad. Been feeling it too often lately

 

[Deathbydemo]

Yes, unfortunately I can also relate. It's completely soul crushing.

 

[Fedrea]

Typically it hurts the most when i remember how lonely i am, but other times it starts aching out of no where and i have no idea how to make it stop other than not existing entirely.

It's a really hard feeling to describe, but usually it feels like my heart weighs too much and is going to fall down.

Yes

 

[Deleted member 18655]

Mine does. I was in a Zoom therapy session today (my first) and I started to cry, talking about something. She asked how I was feeling and where I was feeling it. I told her that my pain is always in the centre of my chest and it stings, burns and aches all at the same time. Fun. There aren't many things that can stop it. I would rather be numb than even entertain feelings that could lead to this feeling!

 

[MrBlue]

Typically it hurts the most when i remember how lonely i am, but other times it starts aching out of no where and i have no idea how to make it stop other than not existing entirely.

It's a really hard feeling to describe, but usually it feels like my heart weighs too much and is going to fall down.

I also often get it in social situations when I realise none of the people I was trying to intteract witth want anything to do with me. It's like a combination of intense guilt and loneliness. My heart feels like its gonna drop out my ribcage.

 

[woxihuanni]

Often. As far as our bodies understand, if we are stressed it must mean tiger will eat us. Then welcome adrenaline, welcome cortisol, welcome various aches, pains and symptoms. In a way, the foolish body is wise, loneliness is not less deathly than tiger, just a little slower.

 

[Deleted member 18655]

I find laying in the recovery position helps.

Me too

 

[TheSoundofTime]

Yes, totally agree. That feeling of loneliness is just crushing. Then I ask "why am I so lonely" and it all comes falling down on me that I am weird, not consistent, impulsive, don't know what I want, don't see the future in relationships when the only one reason is true - don't see the damn point in any of it and don't have any satisfaction from it.

 

[Deleted member 17949]

Yes, my chest gets tight and I feel like I'll be sick when I get really sad.

 

[JAG_78]

I also often get it in social situations when I realise none of the people I was trying to intteract witth want anything to do with me. It's like a combination of intense guilt and loneliness. My heart feels like its gonna drop out my ribcage.
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relate to this. A sense of guilt and shame for attempting to impose my inadequate self on other people (just trying to interact) and horrible loneliness. It's gutting.

 

[madbananas]

Yup. Daily. And it's horrible. Sorry you're also going through this. Hugs

 

[ImsooDone1N]

Absolutely. I always thought it was just a saying, but I've found that my sadness & loneliness really does physically hurt me; quite bad. It's something I wish no one would have to go through.

 

[It'sNotLookingGood]

I know the feeling all too well - complete, complete despair kinda

 

[Notme]

Always

 

[littlelady774]

Oh yes. When I'm very sad, it aches, and then it gets hard to breathe I get exhausted and have to lie down

 

[XYZ]

All the time. The first couple of times it happened, I thought I was having a heart attack. I even called the emergency service twice and booked an EKG.

By now I've gotten used to the pain, I recognize it is caused my sadness or stress or exhaustion and it's not a sign of a heart attack.

Sometimes it's just a flutter, other times it's sharp pain shooting through my chest, especially my heart. When the pain is very intense, I get short of breath and it feels like my heart "skips a beat".

I want to send a big (HUG) to everyone in this thread. Your pain is my pain too. I wish we all didn't have to suffer like this.

 

[woxihuanni]

All the time. The first couple of times it happened, I thought I was having a heart attack. I even called the emergency service twice and booked an EKG.

By now I've gotten used to the pain, I recognize it is caused my sadness or stress or exhaustion and it's not a sign of a heart attack.

Sometimes it's just a flutter, other times it's sharp pain shooting through my chest, especially my heart. When the pain is very intense, I get short of breath and it feels like my heart "skips a beat".

I want to send a big (HUG) to everyone in this thread. Your pain is my pain too. I wish we all didn't have to suffer like this.

Do you also get hours-long deep pain like a weight on your left torso? It progressed from stabs and skipping beats to that for me.

 

[XYZ]

Do you also get hours-long deep pain like a weight on your left torso? It progressed from stabs and skipping beats to that for me.

Yes, it's as if the left-side of my torso is not my own. It's a very strange feeling.

 

[noaccount]

Yes

 

[Sinkinshyp]

24/7 365 since my son died in a car accident in october 2017. If I am awake it hurts...