Have you ever been so sad, you could feel your heart literally ache?

[Saybrooke]

A good friend of mine moved today to the other side of the world and I'm not gonna see her for another year...

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I keep playing this song over and over again...

Have you ever been so sad, your heart literally ached?

Mines been aching sence yesterday, I hope it stops soon...

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[refujiunderground]

yeah, it happens to me a lot. usually happens to me within every 2 weeks. i usually am never happy. i'm either angry, sad, irritated, annoyed or tired as all hell where i want to pass out and drop dead.

 

[martin6]

Yep. Usually when someone I care about leaves my life.



Especially my fucking dog. Jesus Christ, what a pussy I am.

 

[Kulindahr]

Yes, and not just my heart -- my entire chest has ached.

 

[yummylongsword]

Hmmm. Sad? Yes, but very occasionally, and only for a brief moment, like a one second pang. And usually it's more of a nostalgia than a sadness (no one super close to me has died or anything).

The longest lasting intense emotion I've experienced that comes to mind was disappointment over an opportunity I lost to some guy I hate. There was about a day and a half of non-stop, chest aching disappointment, resentment, etc.

Is it bad that I get more upset about lost opportunities than people?

 

[sixthson]

My freshman year of college I met the guy who became my best friend. He insisted that we were going to be friends even before I could figure out who he was. He was the first person that I knew really loved me and even before I told him I was gay, I had a sense he would not reject me for it.
He made me laugh, made me think, and always challenged me. When Tomas was doing his medical residency and Eric's wife was working evenings, he and I would have dinner together, work out, or just be fools.
I knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that if it had not been for Eric, I would not have allowed myself to love Tomas when he came into my life in our sophmore year of college. He loved me into tearing down walls in my life that kept me from letting people in.
When he and Sarah moved to California, we talked at least twice a day on the phone and every 5 or 6 weeks we would go there or they would come back home.
When Eric died 4 years ago, my heart broke. The pain was more than just emotional and psychological. It was physical, palpable. One thing that has helped with the pain and grief has been to talk to him and tell him how much I loved him and how important he was and still is to me.
While I am still sad about losing him, there is much joy in my heart for having had him all the years I did.

 

[Latimer]

Yes I have. A number of times.

 

[voyager1994]

It's part of human nature, and it only gets better as time goes by.

 

[ozguy]

Yep, a few times over the years, for a variety of reasons.

 

[Sparky-Sparky-Boom-Boom]

Sure have, they say these experience makes you strong but dam its a bitch.

 

[Kester]

Twice.

When my boyfriend, Mark got killed by a drunk driver. My heart didn't just ache it got shattered into a million tiny pieces. That was a few years ago now. But there are times now and again that I still get cut up about it.

Second was when my grandad passed away. He and I were always really close, him passing, felt like I lost one of most closest allies and my best friend.

 

[Mr-Brooding]

Aww, I'm sorry But hey, things could be so much worse. She's alive, so you guys could send each other pictures and share stories and stuff.

Yes, emotions can physically hurt.

 

[quasar]

...Yes, emotions can physically hurt.

Interestingly, the results of a study by the University of California has this week confirmed this. Emotional pain is handled by the same area of the brain that handles physical pain - which is why the loss of a loved one seems to physically hurt - and like physical pain, this emotional pain can be eased by paracetamol.

 

[palbert]

Yes:
1. Death of a Master;
2. Coping with PTSD, childhood sex abuse (4th grade thru 12th grade)

 

[Kulindahr]

Interestingly, the results of a study by the University of California has this week confirmed this. Emotional pain is handled by the same area of the brain that handles physical pain - which is why the loss of a loved one seems to physically hurt - and like physical pain, this emotional pain can be eased by paracetamol.

Whoa -- does that cover depression, too?

 

[birddog7]

Yes, quite a few times. Certainly is a miserable feeling...

 

[Kulindahr]

Yes:
1. Death of a Master;
2. Coping with PTSD, childhood sex abuse (4th grade thru 12th grade)

I'm not sure the PTSD one is sadness, but I sure know what you mean. I'll get not-quite flashbacks that come with the feeling of crushing weight on my chest and an intense ache in my shoulders.

 

[maxer343]

Honey, that's what makes us Bette Davis fans. I'm her biggest.

 

[Saybrooke]

I'm so sorry for you all I feel terribly foolish that I'm getting so upset when everyone has had people pass and suffer from their own personal tragedies

I'm so sorry for you all

And I lover you all <3

 

[mikey3000]

Twice.

When my boyfriend, Mark got killed by a drunk driver. My heart didn't just ache it got shattered into a million tiny pieces. That was a few years ago now. But there are times now and again that I still get cut up about it.

Oh man. I can't imagine the hurt you must have felt. That must have been horrible.