period and didn't think anything of it. But a little bit ago I was with my friends and I started laughing and there was this really sharp chest pain. It was like a sudden stab right in the breastbone/heart area. I figured it was probably indigestion or whatever.. But it's gotten worse. It's been getting hard to breathe and there's just excruciating pain whenever I inhale deeply and then even worse pain when I exhale. And it looks a little swollen to me in that area. I've been really lightheaded and like shaky all night. I don't want to go to a doctor because I know we're not financially stable and I don't want to add more bills to it all. The stress is too high in my family for this to be something serious. I don't know who to talk to, my mom would be livid if she found out I was hurt again. Is this normal?? Anyone know anything about it?