Chest Tightness: Stress Or Cold? Posted: 02-17-06 01:12am
Currently I am feeling a tightness in my
chest area. Breathing is not short. I do
not like this - i'm only 33.
I feel it could be stress catching up with
me. I am a freelance commercial artist
and for ten years it has been a
neverending struggle for work. Hand to
mouth, trying to stay optimistic; i'm
tired of it. Life is passing me by, and I
do feel a build up of psycho-emotional
stress. No stability, no break. I
already have some grey hair.
It could also be situational: my wife and
I just had a baby, and it is
overwhelmingly stressful. We're both
irritated zombies.
But right now I also have a cold. Dry,
sore throat, heavy nasal congestion.
If it's the cold, I can let it pass. On
the other hand I don't want to have a
spontaneous heart attack or something.
I fear a general doctor will say "take two
and call me in the morning."
