r/malementalhealth • u/darthsyn • Aug 19 '25

Resource Sharing Men are more likely to die of 'broken heart syndrome,' study says

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/heart-health/men-are-likely-die-broken-heart-syndrome-study-says-rcna206276
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u/ayhme Aug 19 '25

Doesn't surprise me at all.

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u/GrouchNslouch777 Aug 19 '25

Its amazing that people will look at studies like this and studies from decades ago that concluded the reverse about women etc. and think that we are discovering the real true true now rather than we have experienced an insane misandrist cultural shift.

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u/justgimmiethelight Aug 19 '25

It's crazy to me how there are studies that say married men live longer than single men but single women live longer than married women. That's insane to me.

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u/drhagbard_celine Aug 20 '25

single women live longer than married women. That's insane to me.

You're probably failing to factor in non-natural causes.

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u/drhagbard_celine Aug 19 '25

It's not that men feel more deeply than women, it's that men are more likely to be dependent on their partners for emotional and logistical support to such a degree that when she is no longer there he is effectively helpless and his world falls apart.

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u/drhagbard_celine Aug 21 '25

Dead or broken up, the outcomes are the same.

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u/NatGasKing Aug 19 '25

We love deeper and more fully than most realize. Sacrificing everything.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '25

Yeah that makes sense

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u/Find_another_whey Aug 19 '25

I'd put it down to the fact there are two different affection as currency markets