modern research shows that the unexpected death of a loved one can have devastating health effects. And it makes perfect psychological sense
You can die of heartbreak. That is the conclusion of a study published in Open Heart that shows the long-term risks of losing a loved one. They found that it correlates with incidences of acute arrhythmia up to a year following an unexpected death,at which point the risk returns to normal levels.
When we love, we can love with all our heart, or meaning it is absolutely physical,bodily, somatic. That is why love is valued so highly by civilization, and providing the greatest pleasures and the deepest pains. Love is pure risk. Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past,a novel approximately heartbreak from the beginning of life to death, was going to be named Intermittencies of the Heart. Intermittencies is another name for arrhythmia.
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Source: theguardian.com