March 10, 2006
Something's gotta give [posted by Allah]
Depression breaks your heart, and broken hearts cause depression:
It's not unusual for depressed people to suffer from anxiety. The two go together like pretzels and beer, so well that scientists have given it a new name - the Type D (for distressed) personality. Such people are chronically gloomy, worried, pessimistic, and lack self-assurance. The Harvard article mentions research in Belgium that found that "over a 10-year-period, patients in a cardiac rehabilitation program were three times as likely to die or have a second heart attack if they had this kind of personality."...Isolation makes things worse. One study concluded that men who survive heart attacks and live alone have twice the average death rate. Another study found that people who did not talk to their doctors and rarely contacted friends or family were more likely to die in the nine years after a heart attack, regardless of their physical condition.
Is that a bug or a feature?
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'you should never be embarrased by....your trouble with living....cause it's the ones with the sorest throats, that have done the most singing....'-Bright Eyes.
Posted by: Karol at March 10, 2006 11:20 AMI've had a broken heart.
There are actual physical symptoms involved.
That's why it's called that.
I don't get it.
Posted by: Allah at March 10, 2006 11:31 AMIt's called stress cardiomyopathy
Adrenalin overload associated with psychological loss.
It does feel like something is breaking in your chest.
When the only person you have to care about is yourself, often the response is, Why bother? Friends and love ones help because they bug the shit out of you to take care of yourself. Therefore: Allah, go to the doctor. Allah, eat right. Allah, take a walk. Allah, go see your friends.
Posted by: ll at March 10, 2006 01:25 PM
