Tightness in chest when feeling understood?
For some reason whenever I’m having a serious conversation with one of my best friends and it’s flipped onto me to discuss my deepest feelings, whenever I start I just get this feeling of crying. Or if they acknowledge something about me on a deep level that I never even mentioned, it’s so profound to me that my eyes start watering or there’s a tightness in my chest. I’m wondering why that is and if it’s related to my social anxiety.
As another point, when people make jokes in person to me I like am more prone to laughing and I smile a whole lot (compared to like texting or watching videos). It’s like uncontrollable and I get hella embarrassed because my face gets super red. Maybe it has something to do with being mostly alone throughout my tweens to early teens (I’m 18 for reference).
Any thoughts on this? Maybe you feel similar. Do share!