Heartbreak Can Literally Kill You, Says Very Sad Study
Broken heart syndrome is a REAL thing. Most often, we think of heartbreak as a certain sense of sadness and longing when a relationship ends that can only be stifled with pints of Ben & Jerry's and the constant reassurance from close friends that "You're better off, honey." When we're dying of a broken heart, we think of it in the figurative sense, but can love kill you for real? Can you die from a heartbreak? Dying of a broken heart may actually be more real than we think. Because new research has shown that heartbreak is a real occurrence, named "broken heart syndrome," and happens after the loss of a loved one or the end of a relationship. And it can literally kill you. Put down the ice cream and allow us to explain. Researchers from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center found that a person's risk of suffering from a heart attack increases by 21 times in the first 24 hours after losing a loved one. Over the...