Can you die from a broken heart? It’s a question almost a quarter of us have likely asked ourselves—or typed into Google, as my friend Ophelia once did. Studies show that 43% of Brits have experienced the physical effects of heartbreak (begging the question, what’s wrong with the other 57% of the nation?), yet often, this side of a breakup is kept in the shadows, shared only with the algorithm.
A breakup can be a maddening experience at the best of times (an oxymoron if ever there was one). The lack of sleep, racing thoughts and inability to stomach more than half a grape (true story) create an unsavoury cocktail of confusion, hurt and—of course—the seven stages of grief.
