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Science Vs: Heartbreak: Why It Feels So Achy Breaky
Missing them this much? That's your brain in withdrawal. 🧠💔
Who it's for
When it feels like you're going crazy for missing them this much, it helps to hear that your brain is doing something predictable.
Aching and confused→Understood, hopeful it will pass
Feelings it meets
What it is
A Science Vs episode released May 9, 2024, on why heartbreak can hurt physically. Host Wendy Zukerman talks with neuroscientist Lucy Brown about her brain-imaging research on people who had recently been rejected, which found activity in reward and pain-related systems, and covers the overlap between social and physical pain, stress effects on sleep and the body, and what research suggests helps: avoiding…
Where to find it
Free on Spotify and other major podcast apps.
Before you start
Heads up: Mentions emotional abuse in a relationship.
Age: Explicit; suggested 16+
I will be calm. I will be mistress of myself.Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
