could you die of fright?
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Yes, you can die of fright.
Basically there is a nerve in the body called the vagus nerve. In conditions of EXTREME fear/stress it can shut down. Since it controls, among other things heart rate, you die.
The condition is known as "vagal inhibition".
There was a girl called Leslie Whittle who was abducted and chained up semi-naked in a storm drain by a murderer called Neilson. At the autopsy it was revealed that the poor girl (17 years old) had died of this condition.
For more info look up "vagus nerve" in wikipeadia, and "Leslie Whittle" in Google.
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no
yep u can have a heart attack or summit like that
I think that if you had a bad heart condidtion, you would go into arrest and die.
yes its well known that some people die of a heart attack that is brought on by stress/fright when jumping off tall buildings
yeah u have a heart attack or something like a fit
i don't think the emotion itself can kill you, but as people have said, a heart attack may well do...
could be, heart attack would be the reason!
Yes. But you have to have a preexisting heart or other health condition.
If you jump off a tall building you will actually be dead or unconcious before you hit the ground - this is due to the air between your falling body and the building. The air between you and the building sucks you into the side and then bounces you off (a bit like banging your head against a brick wall repeatedly).
As for death by fright - this is only likely if you suffer from a poor heart
I haven't tried it.
Yes, it seems you can die of fright.
No, upinthe clouds, I don't think you could die of fright. You could die as the RESULT of a fright, as has already been said, by the fright inducing a fatal heart attack. Although there are other ways fright could result in someones demise. You could be walking on a pavement say, someone frightens you suddenly, you jump into the road....into the path of a car. Lots of ways fright could result in a death, but not the actual final cause.
Problem is, anyone this has actually happened to wont be able to tell you what went on...
heart attack
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