Aspiring to be a higher class than one is. Derived from bourgeois - meaning middle/upper class, traditionally despised by communists. When my friend Miya wears a blazer or Lucy gets a massage I call them bougie cause we're unemployed college students. by indi June 23, 2004.
But since the nerve pathways of the spine and the brain are involved in the syndrome, the heart can be involved in addition to the stress of the RSD/CRPS and the losses it entails and the pain and depression that are part of it.
Often, it is our response to the stress, rather than the stress itself, that causes problems. Read about the kinds of stress that cause heart disease, and which people can be affected. The mechanisms by which emotional stress can contribute to heart disease are only now being elucidated.