From: Bloomberg
Broken Heart Burns Like Hot Coffee, Brain Study of Former Lovers Shows
Bloomberg:
Heartache over lost love is similar to the physical pain of spilling hot coffee on your lap, scientists studying brain scans say.
The sting of seeing photos of an ex-lover stimulated the same parts of the brain as intense heat applied to the arms of 40 people in a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The research builds on a 2010 study published in the journal Psychological Science that showed people who took the painkiller acetaminophen, sold by Johnson & Johnson as Tylenol, felt less rejected when excluded from a ball-passing game. While rejection and physical pain aren’t identical, they are more similar than anyone had realized, said Edward Smith, a psychology professor at Columbia University in New York and an author of today’s study.
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My past relationships have all fell apart because my significant other was not looking for the same things that I was out of the relationship. Love is sometimes like a bullseye both of you have to be trying to hit the target. If your partner is aiming way left and you way right then the relationship will ultimately end. I have often tried several methods to try and get my ex back but they usually failed. Good luck with your relationships.
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