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Can you feel your heart breaking? Study shows broken hearts hurt like broken bones in the brain

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The relationship between emotional and physical pain goes both ways: just as physical pain-relieving drugs can kill emotional pain, so too can emotional support — for example, holding a loved one’s hand — reduce physical pain.

Research even shows that emotional pain can sometimes activate brain regions that normally process only physical hurt. One recent study of people who had just been dumped by a romantic partner found that intense rejection activated somatosensory brain regions once thought to be involved only with physical sensation.

Via fuckyeah, neuroscience.

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    This is insanely accurate and relevant.
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    The morning right after a breakup is one of the worst emotional pains ever. This makes so much sense.
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    Maybe it’s imaginary, but every now and then when something really hurts me emotionally I feel a pain in my chest that I...
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    It’s been said that one can die from heartbreak, after all. I liked this bit:...Another...
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    ugh it fucking sucks. It’s probably one of the worst things i’ve experienced, at least like, mentally. If you know what...
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