Can your heart actually break?

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The term “heart broken” gets thrown around a lot- and I think it’s safe to say that people don’t mean it literally. It isn’t used to literally convey that one’s heart is actually broken. Instead, we use this term as a way to describe an emotional state of being- rather than a physical state of being. More specifically: an emotional state of being deeply saddened by a perceived tragedy; to be emotionally broken…