Comments on: Heartbreak Really Does Hurt

By: The InBetweener

The InBetweener — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 05:42:31 +0000

http://www.theonion.com/articles/romantic-pain-physical-pain,19864/

By: The InBetweener

The InBetweener — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 05:03:10 +0000

@ Ruby #11

Not that it should really matter – male.

Why do you ask?

By: TS

TS — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:20:53 +0000

Oh yes, I just went through it! It was both a physical and mental depression and everything felt achy and my heart area felt like it had been injured, not stabbing exactly, but like it had been punched hard. Thankfully, it’s over now, but I don’t feel comfortable getting involved again with someone and risking going through the same damage to my physical health.

By: Diana

Diana — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 18:58:46 +0000

How a person experiences heartbreak is different for each individual, but there’s no doubt that for me, heartbreak (which I think would describe it too lightly) was emotionally, mentally and physically devastating, and representative of a major life altering event. If anyone’s interested, look up broken heart syndrome. Heartbreak isn’t bad though. Ironically, heartbreak is about healing.

By: Dalia

Dalia — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 07:45:59 +0000

This article resonates with me.

I was recently dating a guy and was in the height of passion. During this phase, I noticed that I felt absolutely no cramps during my menstrual cycle (very unusual for me) and I was also able to work out hard without feeling any residual muscular pain. It was like magic!

We broke up suddenly during this passionate phase and I felt totally the opposite as I had before. I felt sluggish, had body aches and had really bad cramps during my next couple of cycles. Looking back, I was amazed by the incredible physical reactions I had to “love” (endorphins) and the absence thereof.

By: Ruby

Ruby — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:44:33 +0000

InBetweener #7

The study doesn’t break anything down by gender, but I’m curious, are you male or female?

By: Sayanta

Sayanta — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:39:00 +0000

Star

Lol!!! So rite

By: R.C

R.C — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:48:57 +0000

#7 : I cosign that InBetweener

By: AS

AS — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:56:51 +0000

Not surprising at all, heartbreak in my experience certainly did hurt and was very painful. But I guess because it’s not something like a conventional illness it’s often hard for people to genuinely relate and sympathise unless they themselves have experienced…

By: The InBetweener

The InBetweener — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 01:04:10 +0000

So the human brain interprets emotional and physical pain the same but for some humans (myself specifically) it feels no where NEAR the same.
I can’t ever recall feeling any type of physical pain behind losing a person in my life – whether it be a break-up or any other type of loss.
I guess it’s because I don’t have the same faith in the human race as most. I generally feel that human beings are almost guaranteed to disappoint me someway or another so it’s logical to almost always go into every situation expecting the worse but hoping for the best – especially in relationships.
If you expect the worst and hope for the best, there is a lesser chance of disappointment and/or pain.