Stress chest pain is a very scary thing to experience. You may feel like you are having a heart attack. Almost always it is a result of a build up of stress.

One of the main benefits of relaxation is the reduction of your stress levels and that will relieve you of that tightness in your chest. Interestingly enough, when stress and anxiety bring about the feeling of having a heart attack that creates more stress and everything spirals.

Breathing properly is something I cannot emphasize enough. When you get stressed often it develops into anxiety or worse, a full blown panic attack. The main reason is because when we stress our breathing tends to become short. Focus on taking slow deep breaths and exhaling slowly over a couple of minutes. Consider this a stress relief exercise.

Extreme anxiousness leading to severe stress chest pain can cause dizziness. Although dizziness is usually brought on by shock of some sort, this shock can easily lead to overwhelming stress bringing about that light headed sensation.

Chronic or prolonged stress causes you to concentrate on only the part of your life that is causing you to have symptoms of anxiety and panic attacks. You forget about everything else and throw all your energy into what is troubling you and this leads to more stress chest pain. A vicious circle to say the least.

Achieving balance in your life is very important. It is another one of those benefits of relaxation. This balance between mind and body involves you making a conscious choice to add emotional value to your mind by using a stress relief exercise to bring calm to your thoughts.

The expression What You Resist Persists is so true. Yes, you need to remove yourself from the stressful situation you find yourself in at that moment and find a calmness in your thoughts.

By: Michael Gerrard