(literally & I don't mean suicide)
i'd like to hear your thoughts; please be honest and truthful and remember: everyone is different. so try to see it from someone else's perspective .
thanx
2006-10-27 09:53:25 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
i mean more like dying of sadness
2006-10-27 09:56:08 · update #1
Since the heart is a muscle it has no bones to break. The same reason that you cannot break your tongue.
Nobody dies from a cliche.
The "broken heart" that kills the widower in OLDER couples is a response to the stress of the exigence and general deterioration. It isn't a cause but something along the lines of a catalyst.
Dying from a "broken heart" is a literary device, nothing more.
2006-10-27 09:54:56 · answer #1 · answered by somedays_lovely_dreamer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think so, I believe that it has been found in studies that when one member of an elderly couple dies, the surviving member usually passes away with in a year. There were several stipulations to the data. some theorize that they feel that they don't want to live w/o their partner so they do not fight any illness that hits them afterwards, another is that they miss them so much that they would rather give up and see them again, than to fight and go on w/o them.
2006-10-27 10:49:34 · answer #2 · answered by janssen411 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do you mean "a broken heart".do you mean bf wise, if so no. but its ok to think that, it hurts. this is coming from known facts lol, but you can keep going dont throb over him or act like its your falt. Everything happens for a reason. Maybe if you wernt broken up you would have gotten to attached.it was probley for the best
2006-10-27 10:01:25 · answer #3 · answered by The grl wit da ansa's 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the only way you can die from a broken heart is if you comit suicide. dont let it get to you so much whatever it is though because life goes on. it is very painful to have a broken heart but remember that all broken hearts can be fixed :)
2006-10-27 09:57:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you can in the sense that you lose the will to live sometimes, like people who have been married 50 years and the partner dies and they were in perfect health before and they just slip away. I think thats a broken heart, losing the will to live.
2006-10-27 09:56:23 · answer #5 · answered by Jillie88 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you cant physically die from a broken heart. but the emotional pain and suffering could lead to problems like heart disorders, eating disorders, maybe even mental disorders. And from those things it is very possible for someone to become ill and the situation may even become fatal.
2006-10-27 09:58:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that you can. You hear so many stories of people that die within months after the passing of their spouce. I think that they just gave up the will to live and let themselves die because they were too heartbroken to go on. Sad isn't it?
2006-10-27 09:56:18 · answer #7 · answered by roxy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can think of two people who were said to have died of a broken heart: Ludovic Zamenhof, inventor of Esperanto, died of a broken heart when the First World War broke out, and Hero (of Greek myth, I think) died of a broken heart when she became separated from Leander.
2006-10-27 10:03:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, recently I seen where they have done studies and I believe this can happen. You could love someone so much and loose them that you can actually grieve yourself into sickness or even a heart attack. So my answer would be yes. God bless
2006-10-27 10:09:24 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes some older people can die from a broken heart especially if they have a lot of stress already
2006-10-27 09:56:40 · answer #10 · answered by Octavio 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋