Many of us have been there: hearing the words, “It’s not you, it’s me,” or, “Maybe we should just be friends.” Others have dealt with the death of a loved one or role model. And while each end to a relationship is different one feeling is common: heartbreak.
Heartbreak Really Does Hurt, Heartbreak is a term used to describe crushing grief, anguish, and distress, often because of the pains and strains of love. The experience of heartbreak can be so intense that some scientists suggest it feels the same as physical pain.
In one study, people showed similar brain activity when they viewed a photo of a former loved one and when they felt extreme heat on their arm.“Heartbreak can be so intense that some scientists suggest it feels the same as physical pain.”
In fact, it might even be true that people can die of a broken heart. The period of mourning after a death brings increased blood pressure and heart rate, which can raise cardiovascular risk.
Another study of people who recently lost their spouse found that the stress involved with mourning increased the risk of dying from a heart attack by 20 to 35 percent. Looks like heartbreak really can hurt the human heart.
"Pain is the way the mind responds to trouble inside the body," says Alex Zautra, a professor of psychology at Arizona State University." Emotion is the same way. Whether you feel love or sadness is also a response to something you feel outside the body. With pain it is a closer response to something inside the body, but it is a response to learn and motivate recovery.
The depression caused by heartbreak creates a barrier that can prevent us from feeling and experiencing life to the fullest. Symptoms range from isolation from society to physical sickness and pain. You lose a part of yourself when connections are lost, and its not far-fetched to say that you feel completely empty inside. There's an ache, a deep ache that explodes from the inside of our bodies longing for the past. The pain is real and there's no other way to describe how bad it really hurts than to name it heartbreak. It's a longing for the past and the pain of feeling completely empty and well... alone.
It makes it hard to get up in the morning and to get through the day, but all wounds are healed through time, and so you hope for the future to come quickly.
warning: graphic images
Many of us have been there: hearing the words, “It’s not you, it’s me,” or, “Maybe we should just be friends.” Others have dealt with the death of a loved one or role model. And while each end to a relationship is different one feeling is common: heartbreak.
Heartbreak Really Does Hurt, Heartbreak is a term used to describe crushing grief, anguish, and distress, often because of the pains and strains of love. The experience of heartbreak can be so intense that some scientists suggest it feels the same as physical pain.
In one study, people showed similar brain activity when they viewed a photo of a former loved one and when they felt extreme heat on their arm.“Heartbreak can be so intense that some scientists suggest it feels the same as physical pain.”
In fact, it might even be true that people can die of a broken heart. The period of mourning after a death brings increased blood pressure and heart rate, which can raise cardiovascular risk.
Another study of people who recently lost their spouse found that the stress involved with mourning increased the risk of dying from a heart attack by 20 to 35 percent. Looks like heartbreak really can hurt the human heart.
"Pain is the way the mind responds to trouble inside the body," says Alex Zautra, a professor of psychology at Arizona State University." Emotion is the same way. Whether you feel love or sadness is also a response to something you feel outside the body. With pain it is a closer response to something inside the body, but it is a response to learn and motivate recovery.
The depression caused by heartbreak creates a barrier that can prevent us from feeling and experiencing life to the fullest. Symptoms range from isolation from society to physical sickness and pain. You lose a part of yourself when connections are lost, and its not far-fetched to say that you feel completely empty inside. There's an ache, a deep ache that explodes from the inside of our bodies longing for the past. The pain is real and there's no other way to describe how bad it really hurts than to name it heartbreak. It's a longing for the past and the pain of feeling completely empty and well... alone.
It makes it hard to get up in the morning and to get through the day, but all wounds are healed through time, and so you hope for the future to come quickly.
warning: graphic images
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