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The Science Of A Broken Heart
The heart sits in the middle of your chest, a little off to the left. This muscle is slightly larger than your fist and responsible for pumping blood throughout your body. By the end of a lifetime, a person’s heart might have beat over 3.5 billion times.
By Mane Kara-Yakoubian3 min read
Just like the lungs, kidneys, or intestines, the heart is an organ. But when we experience an emotional loss, such as in the case of a romantic breakup, the death of a loved one, or a falling out with a friend, we don’t ascribe our pain to the brain or liver, we attribute it to the heart.