12 Weird Psychological Conditions About Relationships and Love

Condition #3: It is scientifically possible to die from a broken heart

Emeka Nwanedo
9 min readMar 23, 2024
Photo by Scott Broome on Unsplash

Love is a bizarre human condition that creates a puzzling state of happiness, strength, trauma and pain.

When people fall in love, they complain of emotional and physical exhaustion but then again say it’s worth every moment.

The topic knackers me.

Love is like a rollercoaster, but instead of knowing if you’re going up or down, it throws you for a loop just for the fun of it.

It invigorates you and even makes you feel like you can conquer the world. Hahaha, it suddenly hits you like a ton of heart-shaped bricks–and you’re left wondering if napping for the rest of your life is a better choice.

I could sit all day and whine about how this thing called love controls our minds, plucks our heartstrings, and makes us dance to a tune that even Cupid himself might find amusing.

Or I could just make a list of some of the weird conditions love has kindly bestowed upon us.

Take a look — and do tell which you don’t already know.

1. If you experience severe anxiety over the possibility of being…

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Emeka Nwanedo

2X Top Writer. An ex-banker who’s now dedicated to lifelong learning. A proud dad of 2 lovely kids and a published researcher.