Okay I just turned 40 in september so I AM open to the concept of obsessive personality and physical manifestations of said obsessions. However, these symptoms have, in part, existed far prior to reaching 40. Every since I have an episode of feeling like my head was getting tighter and tighter (I ve, to this point, written that off as an anxiety attack. Which I had never had before. But since then I have prolonged episodes ranging in days to weeks, where the tip top of my head feels,not painful but slight feeling as if someone was lightly pulling my hair there. I also have episodes where the surface of my chest feels tighter, not in the cardiac sense. Much more superficial. Oddly this can be relieved by simply billowing out my shirt in that area where it is in contact with my skin. I am obese, I already had a numb patch on my left outter thigh. I know the nerve that leads to there is frequently damaged when ones excessive belly fat rests in the area of that nerve. I assume that is what has gone on there. the new thing (lasted 3 days so far) is the feeling of pulling or pressure as well, in a small area practically dead center on my back. I do not feel ill at all. Not fatigued. Not nausiated, and in no way sick. However along with being obese I also smoke. Those plus just hitting 40 I am obsessing about these things to an unhealthy degree. I used to think I had angina however every time i get the pain in my abdomenish area and in my shoulder blade and jaw I gulp some soda, a really loud burp follows and I feel normal again. Not sure if that is in any way connected. I just want to stop obsessing SO much.