The good news is that (other than the pain) it is completely harmless.
The way it always felt to me is like someone wrapped a small wire around something tender in my chest, and if I tried to breathe or straighten my posture, they would yank on it. I’d get it anywhere from a couple times a week to once a month. Then one day in my mid-30s it just stopped.
From what I understand this is relatively common. I was so grateful for the person on reddit who dropped this nugget of wisdom several years ago. It was nice to know I wasn’t dying or whatever.
I’ve had this since before I was a teenager…decades ago. Still happens from time to time. I’ve always considered it somewhat like a cramp in my diaphragm and so always breathe just deeply enough that it starts to hurt then relax and next breath try a bit deeper and keep that up until I “work through it.”
I’d take this over proctalgia.
It’s a spasm of the anal sphincter and it feels like someone jamming a hot knife into your asshole without warning.
lol, I told my wife about this post and she said “You might consider doing ones about Proctalgia Fugax and Exploding Head Syndrome too.”
Yeah it’s not fun. Also I’d heard about exploding head syndrome a few years back and then recently started experiencing it. I’m just glad they haven’t both hit at the same time cause I’m pretty sure my body would take a screenshot then drop dead lmao
Does anyone know the name for the sensation where you stretch and suddenly your innards feel all wrong, almost like being on the verge of a cramp but not and you suspect that if you don’t return relatively quickly but gently to an unstretched position that something may go badly wrong inside?
Holy fuck it has a name.
Of course it has a name … Of course I’m not the only one this happens to.
Ive had it since a teen when I got pneumonia, always assumed it was related to that, however it’s actually this and it’s a perfect description. It a bit of a mind blown moment
Now, teach us about the precordial thump. (No longer used). Bummer 😉
My god it has a name… and so many people here seem to have it? I thought i was a freak for having this. Nobody else ever said anything about having similar pains.
I see legs and a dick in that drawing, not lungs.
It kinda looks like a dude bent over from behind, hangy balls flappin’ in the breeze
That sexy lungs-shaped butt
I wonder if that’s what my producer and I have, considering that we have this type of pain too.
I had that several times some years ago and eventually it went away. It’s very anxiety inducing. Just above that thing when you get a cramp in your toes and they get stuck together for what feels like eternity.
I even went to the doctor once because I had it a few times a week some years ago.
Me, too. Used to have it quite often. GP said it comes from bad posture. So I changed that, and also started working out more. It went away for good.
I think for me it had to do with bad mental health
I have experienced this many times in my life. Was always terrifying and painful til someone posted something just like this years ago. Now it’s just painful. Still scares the crap out of my wife every time she sees it happen to me to though.
Ah so it is a known thing and has a name, yay! Thanks for sharing.
Concerns about the condition may result in anxiety, with sufferers often fearing that the pain is a sign of a more serious condition. Similar anxieties in those who experience the syndrome on a regular basis may manifest as a worry of the syndrome itself happening, with patients feeling scared to take fuller breaths in fear of triggering a spell.
damn anxiety a sunuvabitch
back in the day everyone told me it was in my head
Jesus. Thanks for posting this.
