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When I feel like I have a "broken heart," my chest literally hurts, like it's being crushed, or like my heart doesn't have enough blood, or that it's burst inside me. It feels terrible, in a very LITERAL, PHYSICAL way. Do you ever feel this way?
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The mind has incredible control and power over your body and although the physical pain could well be psychosomatic. The symptoms of distress can cause physical illness and discomfort.
Totally know what you're talking about. I think that's why you see some people hold their chest when something terrible happens, you know?
yes. I got my heart broken by someone in 2015 and I actually had really bad chest pain.
I have a broken heart and I feel pain whenever I think about him or something reminds me of him. It feels literally like I have an unfixable pain in my heart that I can not describe and I would do anything to make it go away. I wonder is this what it feel like to have a heart attack? It a really horrible and saddening feeling. I don't wish this on anyone.
If you want to be scientific about it one will actualy die if there heart breaks(stops working)!
If that is not physical pain which i feel due to heartbreak it sure as hell is Pain n it hurts!
Yes I've felt this many times before. My chest has felt so crushed from emotional pain that I couldn't breathe. Also I was depressed for many years and that too is a physical pain. Your whole body feels heavy and crushed. It was literally hard for me to get out of bed because it was physically hard. Being happy is SO much nicer on the body :)
Why has ItDuz's comment been marked down? It's not his fault and great for him that he's never been in such a situation!
Yes, I get chest pains when I feel crushed too. Its like a really, really bad anxiety attack, but worse.
I think that a lot of times physical pains can be the result of emotional pain. When your mind/body and spirit start feeling under the weather you could fall into dark depressions that can lead from one thing to the next. Not eating. Not sleeping. And in the end, they all lead to you feeling physically, not well.
You'll find yourself complaining of muscle aches, head aches, and your diet might not be the healthiest. Over eating, and sometimes not eating at all.
To feel good physically, you have to feel emotionally and mentally good first. Everything should begin from the inside out.
I have felt this a few times. I went through a really rough patch as a child and because of it (i think) i became a very emotionally attached person in relationships. so whenever we split up for what ever reason my heart hurts so bad it feels like someone has there hand arond my heart and is squeezing it
I answered no by mistake but yes, it`s actually really hurting you. It seems like you cannot even breath correctly, the headaches, the heart hurt you like a bitch .. :(
A type of heart break like that has only happened once so far, and three-four months ago.
It wasn't that my chest hurt, but I would literally shake from anything or anybody yelling at me or touching me. I would also not be able to eat and feel sick all the time. And from not eating, I fainted.
Oh the joys of heart break...
Yes :/ when someone breaks your heart you can feel the pain of someone you care/cared about hurting it.
When i say hurting your heart i meen, saying something nasty, doing something that you wouldent think they would do, or even spliting up with your loved one.
when someone breaks your heart you can feel your whole body tighten up and you will eaither cry or hold your breath for a few seconds (depening on how much u care and what they done)
Well yes, broken hearts can physically hurt. And that emotional pain will weaken your immune system, which can result in a variety of ailments. But happy hearts can make you feel better. It's a boost to the immune system. Love is powerful.
I have experienced this before. The first few days were terrible to experience. I felt like I wanted to die. There was actually physical pain in my chest/heart area and I was so depressed. These feelings lasted for weeks afterwards, but not nearly as bad as the first few days. I have healed since then, but I still feel pangs of loneliness sometimes.
I recently went through a heart break, my heart still hurts. It sucks...
Literally hurt?.. I don't think emotional pain can turn into physical pain unless you really want it to.. You can convince your body that your heart is literally broken and it'll cause pain but other than that, it's not really possible.
Maybe I'm just over thinking this but I just find it really odd. My last ex destroyed me emotionally after our break up and I had a "broken heart" but that never transgressed into physical pain.. and emotionally I was hurting pretty bad.
You're implying I have a healthy relationship with my parents. I would cry, yes. But I wouldn't be the least bit hurt, depressed, or sad over the fact that death happens even to those close to me. It's just another step of life.
That's true....I just lost my dad and still feel like my heart's being ripped out of my chest...I hope you get to experience love one day! I can't imagine life without it...
I'm sorry for your loss but don't be absorbed into his death. You can't change it, try to move on and forget the hurt. You'll waste your life away being like that..
I know what love is. I have had my heart broken but it didn't physically hurt. I was incredibly depressed for 6 months, isolated myself, and never talked to anyone because I couldn't stand it. I know how it feels mentally, just not physically.
Of course it can, that's why doctors tell patients their pains / illnesses are psychosomatic!
Yes, that's what psychosomatic means!
Where do you think you feel pain?
Duh. In the brain!
I thought you were just trying to say I was wrong. Sorry. I know what the word means but that statement could have been taken the wrong way, as I took it.
haha you must be young! You are very dogmatic so it would be terrible if you were ever wrong! A more mature person would accept the opportunity to learn something new and not waste time dwelling on a tit for tat response.
As this site is mostly opinion based, you don't need to always take offense if someone disagrees with you! You might want to think and then give a considered opinion before you commit it to print.