Cause of pain in the center of me maybe below my sternum

Since late summer or fall of 2024, I’ve had a pain in the center of me maybe below my sternum that has come and gone. Around that time, it felt like chest pain at times but I’d also feel the pain in my back and sometimes I felt like in maybe my arm or shoulder. The pain was in the same place on my front side as on my back, almost like if you drew a line through me, the line would connect where I felt it on my frontside and back. Since then, I’ve had this feeling or a similar feeling and it’s come and gone since then. Usually when I’ve gotten this, it’s lasted maybe 2-4 days.

During that time and now, I’ve also felt like something isn’t right with my bowels and I’ve been constipated at times. I’ve been going to the bathroom most days, but when I go I feel like there’s still more in me, but sometimes if I try to go nothing comes out. Around summer 2024, I started at times having a feeling of fullness below my chest maybe near my sternum. At that time, I was also doing an exercise and I’ve wondered if there could be a correlation between the feeling of fullness and the exercise. I haven’t been doing the exercise, and I haven’t really had the feeling of fullness since I stopped.

I’ve also wondered if maybe there’s something going on in my bowels that could be causing what feels like pain in the center of me. Sometimes I wonder if stress or how I sleep is causing me to feel pain/discomfort in me. Today I started feeling discomfort/pain near me like I’ve experienced the past couple years, and at times I’ve felt somewhat alright and feel like I can forget about it, but hours later it was on my mind again and felt it. I want to think it’s nothing and like everything’s alright, but it bothers me that it hasn’t gone away, and there’s days or long periods where I’ll feel alright, but it seems like it’s often on my mind and my bowels too. For the past maybe 5 days, I’ve been feeling stressed from life in general. The past couple days, I’ve spent a lot of time on my phone, and I’ve felt like I haven’t really let myself relax and Ive been constantly distracting myself with my phone and social media. I also feel like my sleep hasn’t been the best, and when I wake up I’ve been quick to grab my phone and I’m not really giving myself a chance to relax before the day starts. I’ve wondered if either one of these things could have caused me to feel the discomfort today,

Since spring or summer 2024, I also haven’t been dreaming well. Around that time an upcoming trip was on my mind a lot and I could’ve been stressed, and I started feeling like when I dream it’s like I’m awake or aware and like my dreams are just me thinking. I’ve been dreaming like that since, and sometimes when I wake up I haven’t felt the best because I feel like I was thinking until I woke up, instead of truly dreaming. Sometimes I’ve wondered if how I’m sleeping or dreaming is causing the pain/discomfort, because it’s like I’m awake but I’m trying to force myself to sleep more, and then I end up seeing images like I’m dreaming, but I’m aware of the fact that I’m awake or not letting myself fully relax and sleep.

I posted this under chronic pain, but I’m not sure if that’s the right place.