I’m’m talking about when you’ve just broken up with someone, when you’re mourning the death of a loved one, when you realize your life isn’t what it’s supposed to be. Or when you long for someone, but can’t be with them. Your heart physically aches. Why is that?
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I always found it interesting how people “die of a broken heart”. I always thought of it as a metaphor or something instead of a literal “you had emotional trauma and you will die because of it”.
However recently after going through some stuff 100% you can literally die from this if it’s bad enough. What I’m dealing with is nothing compared to being married to someone for like 50 years and watching them die and it still feels like I’m gonna have a heart attack. No wonder older couples often die around the same time.
To answer your question though your body releases stress hormones when experiencing an emotional event. It can cause a rise in blood pressure, initiate a fight or flight response, and even put you into heart failure (which will resolve on its own)
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