Why do we want to throw up if a close person dies?

Question

What happens (biologically) that basically makes you want to throw up?

Answer 1

Strong emotions can produce physical symptoms; you are experiencing what psychologists refer to as a traumatic incident—an incident that may involve exposure to catastrophic events, severely injured children or adults, dead bodies or body parts

You may experience any of the physical, cognitive, emotional, or behavioral symptoms listed below in Table 1.
(one of these is nausea/ vomiting)

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/unp-trinstrs.html

Answer 2

I don't usually have that feeling, but I'm not surprised that some people do. We all have our own way of dealing with things. I would say it's a physical reaction to emotional trauma.

Answer 3

well the pain you feel for the loss of a person effects our nerves, which causes us to feel crazy things...like no sleep, throwing up, not eating, etc....

Answer 4

Emotionally too attached to that person. Psychologically reaction.

Answer 5

The creation of excess acid in your stomach.