Is it possible for someone in perfect health to be scared to death? Literal death, I mean.
2006-10-23 07:56:39 · 10 answers · asked by tiger_lilly33186 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Well, without an autopsy it might be hard to prove they were in "perfect health" beforehand....we find out quite a number of people had "hidden conditions" only when the post-mortem is done.
However, you might want to Google "voodoo death" Cannon and read some of the links there, exploring the connection between stress and sudden unexplained death.
The article in the American Journal of Public Health (2002) is especially good, in my opinion.
2006-10-23 08:10:35 · answer #1 · answered by samiracat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They may be scared in to a "stupor" or even pass out. They can also be scared so badly they have Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome afterward; but I have never heard of a healthy person being scared to death
2006-10-23 15:01:38 · answer #2 · answered by danaluana 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think you can really die from "fear" itself. Although the panic or shock resulting from such an experience could possibly cause you to have a heart attack, or faint and hit your head, etc.
But I'm really doubtfull about someone in perfect health dying in that way.
2006-10-23 15:05:43 · answer #3 · answered by Dizazter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the combination of shock and or heart attack could cause instant death. I have heard of people dying instantly of shock.
2006-10-24 11:55:58 · answer #4 · answered by damisaunders@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have seen birds drop down dead when a hawk comes and lands on their cage. They have a higher body temperature and a much faster heartbeat than humans though
2006-10-23 19:11:31 · answer #5 · answered by of Light 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes the heart can respond too erractically to the adrenaline that is release when a person is scared
2006-10-23 16:22:28 · answer #6 · answered by apost 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe so. It's a fact that alot of people who are in a plane crash are dead before they ever hit the ground.
2006-10-23 15:03:29 · answer #7 · answered by beebee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi dear, yes I think it may happen...I know an old story about a person who got sick and died because his friends playing with him in the cemetery acted like dad people coming to life...
2006-10-23 15:00:47 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is easy to scare someone into having a heart attack, which could easily kill someone
2006-10-23 15:37:54 · answer #9 · answered by football fiend 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it can happen.
2006-10-24 05:58:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋