Emotional Pain and Hurt
November 29, 2008 by Anna Farmery
Filed under Grief
I was wondering about heartache, and wondering if people can die from a broken heart. When I googled the idea, I came across this great article on emotional pain at the BBC website. I want to pick out a few ideas from the article
“Simultaneous brain scanning revealed that the pain of being socially rejected was processed in much the same way in the brain as physical pain.”
“Physical pain warns us not to do something, walk on a broken ankle for instance. And emotional pain too can be a warning – “don’t go near that sort of man again”, “avoid …read more
