Originally posted by: Obi Jeewhyen
Broken Heart Syndrome deaths usually occur in very elderly people, following the loss of a spouse.
Broken Heart Syndrome deaths usually occur in very elderly people, following the loss of a spouse.
I've seen what I think is a real life example of it. A few years ago, my next door neighbor, a woman in her late 70s, died from illness and her non-ill husband died less than three weeks later. Like you said, elderly people who have spent their entire lives together could easily loose their desire to continue on alone.