Broken Heart Syndrome – When Love Physically Breaks the Heart Valentine’s Lovers Series – LIVE on TikTok

For week one of our February Valentine’s special, Harlots of Spooktalk explores a phenomenon that sounds like poetry but is rooted in real medical science: Broken Heart Syndrome, also known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.

This condition occurs when sudden, intense emotional stress floods the body with stress hormones, temporarily stunning the heart and causing symptoms that mimic a heart attack. Grief, shock, and overwhelming loss can physically weaken the heart muscle, sometimes with fatal consequences.

In this live episode we break down:

• The scientific explanation behind Broken Heart Syndrome
• How emotional trauma can impact the heart
• Why the ...