Why does our heart feel pain when we are hurt emotionally?
By masmelgar
@masmelgar (98)
Philippines
July 8, 2010 12:41am CST
It was a question from my high school days that were not brought up with our teacher. We experience hurt physically if we, for example, cut ourselves and bleed. Or if we were punched, kicked and anything else. Physically, we feel pain. Why does our heart feel pain (physically) when we are hurt emotionally? From a breakup? From a loss? I meant physically because the pain is there. We feel it. But why does it hurt physically when nothing physically even touched our heart?
4 responses
@Albert1989 (372)
• Malaysia
9 Jul 10
When we hurted emotionally and especially when we're angry, normally we will breath violently and this cause our the blood flowing fast in our body. Our heart need to pam blood strongly and fast.
That's what i know from my biology classes..haha
But sometimes if i sad, my heart pain too.
@o0jopak0o (6394)
• Philippines
8 Jul 10
well i think it beats slower or the other way around. this is one of the reason that one of my professors gave me and dont know if its true or not.
@rubelynrose102 (115)
• Philippines
8 Jul 10
that;s what exactly my question is....everytime i gett hurt it so painful but the real fact is i have no heart problems ..Im wondering so why is it hurting...
@astersim12 (135)
• Ethiopia
8 Jul 10
I also feel this pain many times when i hut emotionally,may be because our breathing system disturbed and lack of oxygen to the hurt is the reason
