Stress can literally break your heart.
I was just reading about Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, or “broken heart syndrome” when I came across this “20 Things You Didn’t Know About Stress” list in Discover. Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy is when the bottom of the heart balloons into the shape of a pot (a tako-tsubo) used in Japan to trap octopus. Most often occurring in postmenopausal women, grief or another extreme stressor makes stress hormones flood the heart, which can lead to acute myocardial damage. As if menopause wasn’t difficult enough.
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