I was attracted to the name of your thread. All my life I've been prone to anxiety and usually what I feel corresponds to the situation I'm in or the particular stress that is provoking it. About 5 years ago, I started having episodes of chest pain - like a feeling of someone stepping on my chest and it would hurt to breath. The first time it happened, I had no idea it was related to anxiety. I had someone take my to an emergency room. By the time I got there, it went away. I was living in a domestic violence shelter. People were nice to me there. I liked the place. One evening when I thought I was relaxed this chest pain came on.

Since then, I've had (not frequently) other episodes of pretty hard chest pain. Aways it seems to come on when I'm not conscious of being particularly worried of anxious. But, always it comes on when the circumstances of my life, or something that is going on is not normal.

I am glad you brought up the idea that the mind can be intensely worried at a sub-conscious level. When I have gotten these chest pains that can last 25 minutes, I have been not crying, not feeling panicky. My conscious mind was kind of at ease. Maybe that allowed my unconscious mind to use more of my brain, cause it wasn't being used for something else.

Try to figure out what you are really afraid of. Like not just short term - but what you are worried might happen down the road. I could find something to account for every episode of chest pain I have. Now that I know it's my mind and not my heart that is creating the problem, I can almost "will it" to go away. So, it lasts 5 or 10 minutes instead of 25. But, lately, since worrying about getting another job, I do get episodes.