Heartbreak Hotel

Today is Valentine's Day and most will be spending time with that special someone.  I know I will be spending time with my soon to be wife and will be enjoying my last Valentine's Day as a "single" man.  While many of us will be enjoying the lovey dovey stuff that goes with Valentine's Day, there will be some that participate in "Single's Awareness Day" and others will be eating raw cookie dough and ice cream trying to mend a broken heart.  I sincerely hope that each and every one of my readers has a wonderful Valentine's day, but if you do decide to check into the Heartbreak Hotel this Valentine's Day, don't allow your emotions to consume you.  Heartbreak can be a devastating process and can even cause death if taken to the extreme.  In my experiences, I have seen a dog mourn itself to death after the loss of a companion.  I have seen elderly couples that seemingly couldn't live without each other because after one spouse passed, the other died witin a few weeks.  Was it grief, stress, or some other psychological process that we don't understand that drove them to death?  We may never know, but it is not impossible to think that they suffered from Broken Heart Syndrome.  That is right your broken heart can not only affect your psychological state, but it can also affect your physical state as well.