What's wrong with my chest tightness after a breakup?

Breaking up is a sad thing. Some people are in depression for a long time because of the breakup, which affects their physical and mental health. They will be full of hope for life for a long time. Some people will also become depressed. Some people will feel chest tightness after breaking up. This is usually caused by great psychological pressure. Chest tightness is easy to occur when you are in a bad mood. You need to adjust to a good mood. Why do you feel chest tightness after a breakup? Let’s take a look at it next.

1. What’s wrong with feeling chest tightness after a breakup?

Chest tightness may be caused by psychological factors. Symptoms of chest tightness should also alert you to the possibility of myocardial ischemia or myocardial strain. Go to the hospital for examination in time and receive symptomatic treatment after diagnosis.

2. Anxiety – chest tightness and shortness of breath

1. Suffering population: young and middle-aged people, more women than men.

2. Anxiety disorders have an incidence of 5% in the general population, and usually manifest in three aspects:

01． Internal experience: Feeling anxious and restless all day long

02. Changes in the autonomic nervous system: chest tightness, increased heartbeat, palpitations, decreased gastrointestinal motility, decreased appetite, etc.

03. The motor system manifests itself as weakness, soft hands and feet, fine tremors, shaking, unnecessary movements such as blinking, clenching teeth, tense facial muscles, restlessness, etc.

After experiencing various symptoms of anxiety, patients must not blindly use medications. Instead, they should consult relevant medical institutions to find out whether they are suffering from anxiety.

3. The focus of psychotherapy is

1. Eliminate the cause of mental stress (i.e. change your cognition). Provide appropriate support to relieve their concerns and give up unreasonable demands.

2. Correct your understanding of the disease. With the help of a doctor, you should have a correct and clear understanding of the causes of your various symptoms and your physical condition.

There is another type of person who has no organic disease in the heart, but often feels chest tightness, palpitations, shortness of breath, tension and fear, and a feeling of being on the verge of death, as if they must be rescued immediately. This is actually a patient with "cardiac neurosis". One characteristic of this type of patient is that they love to think, they worry a lot, and they want to get to the bottom of everything, which means that their advantage of being good at thinking is over-exploited.