2006-10-23 04:12:31 · 16 answers · asked by Mary7 3 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Dear Mary7,
I sure did figuratively speaking. And I wished I could die literally as well, but I didn't and now I am so glad I didn't.
14 years ago my husband divorced me after 25 years and 3 1/2 weeks. I felt as though I was drowning in quicksand and molasses. I also felt as though I was having open heart surgery on the cold basement floor without benefit of anesthesia.
But my heavenly Father restored me to life and to JOY and to peace. I learned that the divorce was not His will for me, it was the will of the man I had married.
God healed my heart and He will very gladly do the same for you but you do have to give Him all of the pieces.
2006-10-23 04:15:56 · answer #1 · answered by JOYfilled - Romans 8:28 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If by died of a broken heart you mean committed suicide,then the answer is yes.People tend to consider taking their own lives as a result of giving up on life and some of the good things life can offer.
2006-10-23 11:26:14 · answer #2 · answered by jsimpkinsv2002 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think you can die from a broken heart, but having your heart broken for whatever reason could be the beginning of a physical or mental down slide which could lead to death,(not eating properly, stress, or even suicide).
So technically I don't think anyone has ever had, "died of a broken heart", written on their cause of death document, but the emotional trauma of being put in a heartbreaking situation could possibly cause someone to die.
2006-10-23 11:26:35 · answer #3 · answered by Ben R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They say when you have been with someone for a very long time example: married grandparents, married for 55 years, when the one partner dies, the other partner looses interest in living and dies as-well, they say it is from a "broken heart" and they could not live without each other.
2006-10-23 11:23:11 · answer #4 · answered by Bruce d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a way yes, however it tends to only occur in elderly people who have been married for so long they just cannot function without thier partner. Often when one of these individuals dies thier partner dies soon after, it happens most often when any children they have are grown and all they really have left are eachother.
2006-10-23 11:23:18 · answer #5 · answered by Amanda 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes there have been several medically documented cases of death due to grief. Basically people lose the will to live, and sometimes the shock to the body is catostrophic and sometimes the person just wastes away.
2006-10-23 20:54:19 · answer #6 · answered by Therapist King 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My girlfriend is a nurse and she says that quite often elderly people die very soon after their partner as they feel that they have no-one to live for especilly if they've been together for decades or have few family.
a bit sad answer im afraid.sorry about that but its true.
2006-10-23 11:23:28 · answer #7 · answered by aberdeen302004 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I felt like it before. I would have rather died than felt that kind of pain then or again.
2006-10-23 11:18:39 · answer #8 · answered by valerie v 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many documented cases where a person is so grieved that they give up on life and wither away.
2006-10-23 11:20:21 · answer #9 · answered by jerofjungle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think my grandpa did. He and my grandmother were never separate. Did everything together. She died. He was lost. 6 months later he was dead.
2006-10-23 11:23:46 · answer #10 · answered by jelly-bean 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋