Is it really possible to die of fright?

[98StangGT]

My girlfriend and I were talking about whether it is actually possible to die of fright or not. I would think that unless your heart was in pretty bad condition and u got scared into having a heart attack i would think that it is not possible. Anybody know if it is actually possible to die of fright?

[Rally Sport]

Yeah you gotta be in a pretty bad heart condition to be able to die of fright.. usually why you dont see people in their 70s checking out the new scary movies.

[98StangGT]

Well we had just heard an scary urban legend from one of our friends and it involved a girl dying of fright. Not saying that the urban legend was true just kinda raised a good question.

[Toksin]

Probably if your body experienced an extreme state of shock (enough to fuck up your heart) you'd probably die of fright. But you'd probably need a pre existing heart condition.

Smeh, I'm not a doctor.


BOO!

[Zachp911]

Anythings possible, if you're scared to the extreme...then its very possible for your heart to stop.

[goldz28]

Let me hook up the life pack 12 send 360 joules through your heart it will stop, Not only will hit hurt like hell but will scare you to death if not have a near death experience....

[streetrcr45]

There is a syndrome that little kids have, i forget what it is called, but i saw it on tv, A toddler was running amongst the house, and when she turned the corner, she was met by her mom. The toddler wasn't expecting anything to be there.

She was scared to death by her own mother.


Don't believe me?

IT WAS ON OPRAH!!!!!!!!!

[SeXy_AnGeL]

fright itself doesnt scare you to death. like many things, there is a biological reaction that causes death to occur. most often when someone dies of "fright" it is because they are so startled, their heart ends up stopping. A normal, healthy individual this doesnt happen to, but someone with a heart condition this could happen to. Also the same when you piss yoruself cause you're scared or something. Your body reacts in ways in an effort to protect the vital organs...all a part of fight or flight

[Toksin]

Originally Posted by SeXy_AnGeL

fright itself doesnt scare you to death. like many things, there is a biological reaction that causes death to occur. most often when someone dies of "fright" it is because they are so startled, their heart ends up stopping. A normal, healthy individual this doesnt happen to, but someone with a heart condition this could happen to. Also the same when you piss yoruself cause you're scared or something. Your body reacts in ways in an effort to protect the vital organs...all a part of fight or flight

I dunno if stopping the heart counts as protecting vital organs

[SeXy_AnGeL]

Originally Posted by Toksin

I dunno if stopping the heart counts as protecting vital organs

haha your heart speeds up inorder to increase the blood supply to the vital organs and muscles that your body can prepare for what might incounter. unfortunately, it goes too fast sometimes, or sometimes shit gets fucked up and it'll just stop....but the peeing thing was really what was meant for protecting the vital organs

[Ridenour]

Originally Posted by Toksin

I dunno if stopping the heart counts as protecting vital organs

LMFAO!

yeh I deffinately agree that it's possible to become so alarmed / excited that your heart beats fast enough to cause failure. I entered a state known as "hyper-vigelance" once at night a few years back (long story) where my pulse got over 200 beats/minute, and I'd imagine if you proceeded into a stage past that, you'd probably be looking at a heart attack. Yeh, people have deffinately been "scared to death" many a time.

[bh04]

What about those people that died watching The passion of The Christ in the movie theaters? What do you think caused that?

[BleedDodge]

Originally Posted by bh04

What about those people that died watching The passion of The Christ in the movie theaters? What do you think caused that?

That happened? I wish I could have seen that...

[CivicSlayr]

I imagine that you could die of fright, I'm sure they would call it something like hyperscaredshitlesss syndrom.

[CivicSlayr]

I imagine that you could die of fright, I'm sure they would call it something like hyperscaredshitlesss syndrom.