Broken heart
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A broken heart (or heartbreak) is a common metaphor used when a human being suffers an emotional or physical loss, to the extent that it begins to cause them physical or physiological pain.
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Feelings associated
The symptoms of a "broken heart" can manifest themselves through psychological pain but for many the effect is physical. Although the experience is regarded commonly as indescribable, the following is a list of common symptoms that occur:
- A perceived tightness of the chest, similar to an anxiety attack
- Stomachache and/or loss of appetite
- Partial or complete insomnia
- Anger
- Shock
- Nostalgia
- Apathy (loss of interest)
- Anhedonia (inability to feel pleasure)
- Feelings of loneliness
- Feelings of hopelessness and despair
- Loss of self-respect and/or self-esteem
- Medical or psychological illness (for example depression)
- Suicidal thoughts (in extreme cases)
- Nausea
- Fatigue
- The thousand-yard stare
- Constant or frequent crying
- Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
- A feeling of complete emptiness
- In extreme cases, death
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See also
- Anger
- Combat stress reaction
- Stress cardiomyopathy, also known as "broken heart syndrome"
- Heart
- Heart (symbol)
- Emptiness
- Limerence
- Love
- Loneliness
- Grief
- Suffering
- Physical pain
- Psychological pain
- Interpersonal relationship
- Intimate relationship
- Depression
- How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
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