• Question: is there a scientific response to a broken heart ?

    Asked by beth sheehan to Aisling, Colin, Laurence, Ned, Niamh on 9 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Laurence O'Rourke

      Laurence O'Rourke answered on 9 Mar 2016:

      Hi Beth, time is a great healer for a broken heart and as time is both scientifically/engineering wise important then that is your response.

    • Photo: Ned Dwyer

      Ned Dwyer answered on 9 Mar 2016:

      Apparently there is. All sorts of hormones are released when you have a broken heart but I’m sure it will recover with time.

    • Photo: Colin Shirran

      Colin Shirran answered on 10 Mar 2016:

      I’m not sure if it can be explained scientifically but I would imagine it is an emotional response primarily which brings on many different hormones in your body that gives you that physical feeling of a heart break. Unfortunately there isn’t a cure through this, just time will heal it.

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