How Heart Is It To Understand?

[Rosexøxø]

When was the heart (officially) 'named?'

When did people find out we even had a heart and lungs?

Shakespeare and probably many other ancient writers of arts, and even some probably in philosophy, mention the heart, and associate that with love and emotions.

Clearly, the heart is just a muscle.

Why also, do we feel sadness in our hearts?

Why not, when we are sad, we feel aches in our toes.

Stress can cause us headaches, especially if the muscles around the head tighten, I believe.

An injured toe would not cause a headache. (Not traditionally, I suppose, but if stressful enough, possibly).

Are headaches really just caused by whatever causes our body to produce stress-related chemicals, and cause us to tense up? Even a big-enough fear could cause us so much adrenaline or anxiety, we could have a headache, and for some reason, we have headaches when we yell too much or shout- whether it is due to stress, or simple play.

I'm curious about all of this, but more so the heart. <3

Someone, somewhere, believed love came from the heart, probably because whenever they felt sad, physiologically, their heart muscle and their core, really, is what felt the most ache.

Our body can shut down to stress, and hopeless romantics say one could die from a "broken heart." Is it really just a weak heart? A weak or high blood pressure, which gets triggered from their stress, and that stress being caused by the thing they focused on, and aggravated them?- In this case love? or the lack of it?

- when was the heart named?

- why do we feel pain in our chest, when sad? (most commonly felt in hardships, with love lives)

- True or False? any discomfort we feel in our bodies are not caused by the personal things we value, but instead, caused as a physical response to stress?

(All images sourced from Google)

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Oh my god- I just watched another episode of my fave show- and it had something with head and heart. I get this ONE is common, but it only adds to the endless list of things I think or speak about and then A FRIGGIN DAY LATER IT POPS UP IN THE SHOW. If you don't know what I'm talking about check this link on my post:

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[MementoMori777]

I don't know when but I think I know how, they clearly opened a body, and I believe it's not too far from when funerals were invented because they empty the organs at funeral homes and I think when they opened the first body they started studying

[call_me_scar]

Well William Harvey named it according to google as for why we feel it when sad many nerves are connected to it and some turn on when under emotional destress

[Rosexøxø]

I wonder why such a high concentration there? Is it because of the electric currents?

Is that why we feel the most pain in and/or near our *head and chest?* because of electrical currents? along with the numerous nerves (nerve-endings) there, which can probably, randomly get triggered when our body proceeds in releasing the stress hormone (s)?

I feel like this could be true (and what you say is spot on)

that we only puke when our immune system is low, or we consumed toxic/poorly-aged food, but when it comes to pains in any other region of our body, it is due to the nerves being active and the concentration of electricity in those regions?

or is all of this absolutely silly

[call_me_scar]

No idea I just did a quick 5 minute google search and that is what the research pointed to

[Rosexøxø]

I mean, really just the stomach/ heart (or chest)/ and head regions, seem the "most active"/ lively, and responsive to stress/pain/ external pathogens. other places like arms or legs- are muscles, which only ache from strenuous usage like physical exertion, which could also lead to muscle tearing, or simply, due to poor circulation of blood flow (the extreme cases of Charley horses/ cramps).

[call_me_scar]

www.abbott.com/.../heart-emotion.html
Maybe this site can help

[Rosexøxø]

yes, I was figuring google would be the most informative with all the details and tidbits, but I was curious to see what GaG'ers would say, also.

Thanks a bunch for this, and even going the extra mile to convey google's details to me.

Nonetheless, still fun to wonder about! :]

[Rosexøxø]

I appreciate itt :]

[call_me_scar]

Anytime rose 🙂

[Staximus]

Cave people probably discovered that we had a heart after eating another cave person

[Rosexøxø]

I think that's an intense (and heart-wrenching) way to look at it!

On the grounds of cannibalism, you're probably right! Hopefully, they learned first from animals, and cannibalism was one of their last resorts!