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How to fix a broken heart | Guy Winch | TED
Your brain treats a breakup like withdrawal. Every scroll through their page is another hit. Put the phone down. 💔
Who it's for
Winch starts by treating heartbreak as a real injury rather than an overreaction, which lowers the shame many people feel about being wrecked months later.
Sad→Clear-Headed
Feelings it meets
What it is
A TED2017 talk by psychologist Guy Winch about heartbreak as a serious form of emotional pain. Using the story of a patient, Kathy, who kept searching for a hidden reason behind her breakup, he explains research linking the withdrawal of romantic love to brain mechanisms involved in withdrawal from addictive substances.
Where to find it
YouTube, official TED channel (free). Also on TED.com, which offers an interactive transcript.
Before you start
Age: Ages 12+
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Joy and Sorrow”
