# That knot in your throat

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-knot-in-your-throat/6894>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 7, 2000, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-knot-in-your-throat/6894 "2000-02-07T22:30:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-knot-in-your-throat/6894/1 "2000-02-07T22:30:00Z")

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This thread probably won’t last 5 seconds, this seems like a question that has surely been asked before but after a search of SD I found nothing.  
What is physically going on when you get that knot in your throat at an emotional moment? I watched saving private ryan last night and got one at the end…it was uncomfortable if not downright painful.

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“I think it speaks to the duality of man sir.”  
(private Joker in Full Metal Jacket)