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What do your skipped heartbeats feel like?

So as the title says what do your pvcs/pacs/skipped heartbeats or what ever you want to call them feel like to you? Mine are forceful feeling and uncomfortable
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For me it varies greatly.  Sometimes my ectopic beats feel like a premature normal beat followed by a pause.  Sometimes it's just a pause.  Sometimes it's a tickle or a pressure sensation in my chest or throat.  Sometimes it feels like a kick or punch to the chest, or a wringing of the heart.  
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PVCs: they feel as if I'm getting kicked in the chest and I'm unable to breathe when they're happening.
PACs: they don't affect my ability to breathe. They feel like light tapping.
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I didn't know there was a way to tell the difference :O
I feel every single PVC and I don't always feel PACs
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