• Question: is it true you can die from a broken heart?

    Asked by helennisai to Asif, Laura, Lena, Sean on 20 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Lena Ciric

      Lena Ciric answered on 20 Mar 2012:


      You could become depressed if someone breaks your heart which can have an effect on your health, but I don’t think it can lead to death. Time heals all… Hang in there. 🙂

    • Photo: Sean Murphy

      Sean Murphy answered on 20 Mar 2012:


      It depends what you mean by broken heart. Cardiovascular disease is on of the biggest killers in the world. If you are talking about emotional damage caused by a breakup, then I don’t think it can directly cause death. As Lena said, a broken heart is a condition that heals itself naturally over time.

    • Photo: Laura Waters

      Laura Waters answered on 21 Mar 2012:


      Grief can be a powerful human emotion. We are yet to understand the connections between the brain and the body. I think emotion is impossible to understand as it is different for everyone.

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