Break-ups can have a dramatic impact on our bodies. For example, broken heart syndrome is a real condition, with serious and painful symptoms. Other studies have also shown how break-up stress can cause acne, loss of appetite, and sore muscles. But as well as the body, our brains also go through a lot after a break up.

Can breakups make you physically sick?

As if the heartache weren't enough, the stress of a breakup can actually make you physically ill, as in "I have a fever and chills and am throwing up" ill.

How does heartbreak affect you physically?

Acute emotional stress, positive or negative, can cause the left ventricle of the heart to be 'stunned' or paralysed, causing heart attack-like symptoms including strong chest, arm or shoulder pains, shortness of breath, dizziness, loss of consciousness, nausea and vomiting.