Can You Die of a Broken Heart?
Filed Under (Health, The Bottomless Abyss) by Deltrice on 24-01-2007
Tagged Under : broken_heart
There’s an old saying that you can die of a broken heart and according to researchers this actually turns out to be true! According to a Washington Post article, a study done at John Hopkins School of Medicine shows that stress hormones produced by a breakup, a death, a sudden shock, or even a car accident can indeed mirror a heart attack, especially in women.
The article goes on to quote the main researcher of the study–”Our hypothesis is that massive amounts of these stress hormones can go right to the heart and produce a stunning of the heart muscle that causes this temporary dysfunction resembling a heart attack,” Wittstein said. “It doesn’t kill the heart muscle like a typical heart attack, but it renders it helpless.”
Which is why I believe in not giving all of yourself to a mate in a relationship. Even if you do get married…because what will happen if god forbid, they died on you? Are you going to live in misery forever? Is it meant for us to be unhappy on this earth? No. Therefore, you have to still keep yourself, and use the relationship as a tool of enjoyment.