Men Can Literally Die From A Broken Heart.
By RingoBerry
@RingoBerry (71)
November 17, 2018 1:50pm CST
Take note: this isn't a figure of speech.
This is relatively connected to the discussion I made about Dopamine being called a "happy hormone".
Anxiety, sadness, stress, pressure... every negative emotion there is. Men reacts and are affected by these emotions in greater proportions than it does women. How? Again. It's hormones.
Men retain a higher level of Cortisol. A type of hormone that SUFFOCATES the blood vessels. Remember, the blood is the carrier of oxygen -- it needs to flow smothly through the veins and distribute it to the different organs of the human body. The lack of oxygen can cause problems, I guess that part goes without saying. And one of these possible complications... I bet you can guess it :)
Correct. It's Cardio Vascular Disease. The heart.
In highschool biology, I think you've already heard of oxygenated and de-oxygenated blood that is pumped through different ventricles of our heart. In goes the oxygenated from one side and out goes the de-oxygenated.
Both men and women have glands that secrete Cortisol. Experiencing stress, anxiety and other negative emotions trigger these glands to release more Cortisol than it normally should. Now, the big question:
WHY ONLY MEN?
It's because women go through their monthly cycle, menstruation. Remember, hormones are directly released into our bloodstream. And women menstruate. They get to cleanse their body of these hormones thus regulating the levels on a monthly basis.
And there you have it. So do take your daily dose of sunlight to improve the numbers of Dopamine and ALWAYS look at the brighter side, no matter what the problem is.
----------
"Nah.. women are just tougher, they are more tolerant to emotional stress because they are more prone to pain. Example: child birth."
One person gave me this answer. I didn't bother giving a rebuttal. But this is something I will try to explain on my next post 
.
.6 people like this
6 responses
@TheHorse (218123)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Nov 18
@RingoBerry It coud be. I'm not sure. I know that women have traditionally been more involved in child-rearing, meaning that they experience more oxytocin, which is a cortisol suppressant.
2 people like this
@RingoBerry (71)
•
17 Nov 18
From how it was explained to me, menstration helps regulate it simply because we have a way of naturally relasing it from our body. It's not a hundred percent sollution. I guess aside from poor dieting and health regiment, this could also contribute as to why men are more at risk to Cardio Vascular Disease compared to women.
1 person likes this
@RingoBerry (71)
•
17 Nov 18
@TheHorse That's interesting. I guess it only goes to show that we do have natural anti-depresant. Unfortunately, it's also something men lack.
1 person likes this
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
17 Nov 18
Many of us have experienced getting our heart broken but we didn't die. I think it can happen but probably their heart was weak for other reasons at the time. It may be very rare! .
1 person likes this
@RingoBerry (71)
•
17 Nov 18
Very true but this is more like the levels of emotional strain and how men and women are affected by it in a physiological manner. Once, twice thrice.. no one will probably collapse from that, but repeated strain can eventually bring down anything and anyone.
If stalactites found inside caves as big as houses and buildings can be carved by drops of water, what more are humans that aren't made of hard minerals or stones?
1 person likes this
