Does your heart really break? Can you feel that moment?

No.It has never been a sudden thing for me.

Interesting. I was just reading this article about health effects that actually happen during heartbreak. My friend recently broke up with her boyfriend, and many of these actually happened to her.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/43049510/ns/today-today_health/

I don’t understand the question. I think of heartbreak as when someone has done something that is incredibly dissapointing to me, or who I have lost. The way you word the last string sever, means to me finally over you are finally over the person. I know I must be misunderstanding. I am going to try to answer.

I have had times when I finally realize I have lost someone and my body feels it everywhere. It is like a physical pain, hard to breath, like losing a limb. It did happen to me once in a quick moment, with a realization, and then dragged out for months.

There is actually a term, I don’t remember it, for heart break and that it does actually kill people. They use it to account for a significant amount of spouses dying within a year of each other.

I got chest pain the last time I went through a break up. I thought I had a thicker skin than that, but I was surprised at how strong the physical reaction was.

@TheIntern55 I just read your answer. The link you provided has the syndrome I could not think of Takotsuba syndrome, broken heart syndrome.

If you study words and their origins you will find that the “heart” is not a thing and cannot be broken. The heart is the center. i would liken it to the ocean since the comparison is remarkable when you consider the waves of emotion we have. Point is, to find the heart is, essentially, the same as finding the center of the ocean. We can, however, be broken of alot but only in the same sense of wild horses. in conclusion, a broken heart has become a shallow expression used by many who have not grasped the workings of human nature.

No, it’s something else. Great answers all, but I felt it as a physical “snap” the exact moment he stopped loving me. I knew it at the moment. Not related to any communication… I just felt the break.

For me it is more like a candle finally burning out.

Two words: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.

more of a sinking feeling is how i would describe it.

Like you can literally feel your heart break?
It sounds weird, because usually heartbreak is a metophorical thing. But yes I have.
The moment I found out my best friend was gone I swear I felt my heart rip in half.
That feeling hasn’t gone away since that day…
</3

I get more of a sinking feeling that then settles my heart into a pool of lead. There’s no getting my heart up out of the lead. Not for months and maybe years.

Kind of. I remember when my daughter was almost 3 she had a severe asthma attack that put her in ICU. When the doctor told me he wasn’t sure she was going to make it, ” I felt a deep ache in my heart.” I know its was probably a physical reaction caused by stress hormones that maybe made my heart squeeze tighter than normal, but the pain was real.
I know also of a story of an old couple ready to celebrate thanks giving with the family. The husband was on the couch watching tv and passed away. His wife came in and died of a heart attack. She didn’t have a history of heart problems. Doctors said she died of a broken heart. I’m sure it didn’t actually break in half or something but it stopped working. Their family found her body next to him. They said the couple always said they could never live without the other.

He didn’t stop loving me, but he broke my heart. I’ve felt that snap @Blueroses. I know what you are talking about. :/

Yes, for me it has. Not so much as a snap though. It felt like my heart ripped in half ..along with my ribcage. It’s literally painful; a deep aching pain. Hard to describe. I know what you mean though.

As @everephebe stated ..it is a physical reaction to stress called Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Very interesting.

Never happened to me, fuck them, it’s their loss is my attitude.

More like holding onto the ledge of a ravine only by your finger tips. Feel each finger slowly slip off and then the last one drops ya.