Love Hurts

[hubag bohol]

By Alice Park
Monday, Apr. 11, 2011
http://www.time.com/



Laura Pannack / Gallery Stock


The very language of love is painful: you have a crush; you're swept off your feet; your heart is broken. This turns out not to be poetic license: according to the latest research, the brain doesn't distinguish much between the extreme emotional pain of social rejection and the physical pain of injury. Both experiences can activate the same neural pathways, which is why when your lover dumps you, it can hurt in a real, visceral way.

Previous studies have documented the overlap in brain activity between emotional and physical pain, but those focused mainly on the regions that layer on feelings about bodily pain--that is, the "I don't want to feel that again" response after we stub a toe. Until now, no studies linked purely emotional sources of pain like heartache or grief with the neural networks that register, say, the sting of a burned hand.

For the new study, scientists recruited 40 volunteers who were recently and abruptly rejected by their partners. Using functional MRI images, the researchers showed that when the jilted participants looked at pictures of their exes, their brains engaged the same pain circuits that lit up when they were probed with a heat sensor (equivalent to holding a hot cup of coffee). The researchers think the intensity of the subjects' emotional hurt activated the brain's sensory pain pathways that are normally tapped only by physical stimuli such as a slap or searing heat.

What does this mean for treating the pain of rejection? Unfortunately, antidotes for physical discomfort, like aspirin, probably won't help the lovelorn much, since any reminder of the ex simply reignites the suffering. So for now, time may still be the most powerful healer. But these findings at least suggest that the hurt isn't entirely in your head.

[Lorenzo]

the greatest pain is a broken heart. tsk tsk.

[Lollapalooza]

for me ang maka heal ani is to move on..moving forward one step at a time...

[hubag bohol]

Mangitag lain para wagtang dayon ang sakit...

[hubag bohol]

[Lorenzo]

for me ang maka heal ani is to move on..moving forward one step at a time...

isn't it almost wierd how sensitive the human person is? you're right , jen, one step at a time jud. sometimes, some of us take one step back..

[Lollapalooza]

isn't it almost wierd how sensitive the human person is? you're right , jen, one step at a time jud. sometimes, some of us take one step back..

i've been through this kind of situation which lead me to a semi-depression before... until one day i realized, ako ra'y nagsuffer while my no good ex is having fun with his new...now, i have found someone nga naa gyud permi sa akong kiliran through thick and thin, better and much worse situation... hehehehehehe

[statesville]

...through thick and thin, for better and for worst, till debts aw death diay do us part. 

[luckybelle]

Hahahahaha... hahay...estoryahee mani oi. Makarecover ra ka do;)

[hubag bohol]

Hahahahaha... hahay...estoryahee mani oi. Makarecover ra ka do;)

Recover, yes. As in not die. But somehow things are never the same again...

[Lorenzo]

i've been through this kind of situation which lead me to a semi-depression before... until one day i realized, ako ra'y nagsuffer while my no good ex is having fun with his new...now, i have found someone nga naa gyud permi sa akong kiliran through thick and thin, better and much worse situation... hehehehehehe

sometimes, its best for us to move on to another person who does not hurt us and degrade our persona, and our feelings.

because, in the end, a mentally destructive person is just that....a mentally destructive person.

better to cut off ties with people like that.

[hubag bohol]

nazareth love hurts (1976)

[luckybelle]

Recover, yes. As in not die. But somehow things are never the same again...

Agoy na, kinsa diay nag-away nimo Mr. B?

[hubag bohol]

Agoy na, kinsa diay nag-away nimo Mr. B?

Dugay na kaayo to. Gilubong na unta sa kalimot galing lang mabanhaw man inigtakdol sa buwan...

[BolBuhol]

lab hag lab skars

[hubag bohol]

Skarpis ruls!

[cujo]

Love yourself before you can love anyone else.

[hubag bohol]

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. --Oscar Wilde

[chriswise]

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. --Oscar Wilde

do ta kag ma nga gipamolong bay hubs,,,dot man sa bokog,,

[islander]

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. --Oscar Wilde

could oneself reproduce oneself?

[islander]

lab hag lab skars

lab wunds ang mak ini hart nat tap or istrung inap to tek alat of pin...

wilkam bak, bolbs!

[hubag bohol]

do ta kag ma nga gipamolong bay hubs,,,dot man sa bokog,,

Dot as in sam pak gid haw?

[hubag bohol]

could oneself reproduce oneself?

Hmm, this question is more medical than philosophical...

[chriswise]

bai,,

[luckybelle]

Dugay na kaayo to. Gilubong na unta sa kalimot galing lang mabanhaw man inigtakdol sa buwan...

Hahahaha...estoryaheee...!

[hubag bohol]

Hahahaha...estoryaheee...!

He he, ipaagi na lang sa komedya ang pagkapusgay sa kasingkasing...

[chriswise]

He he, ipaagi na lang sa komedya ang pagkapusgay sa kasingkasing...

napolbos diay kasing2x bai,,di nna mapunit,,

[hubag bohol]

napolbos diay kasing2x bai,,di nna mapunit,,

Nabugha morag garapon sa karmelitos bay, pasad gud tawon ang baligya...

[chriswise]

Nabugha morag garapon sa karmelitos bay, pasad gud tawon ang baligya...

maayo diay na  syagit sama kataas sa kantang love hurts by NAZARETH,,HE,h,he,he,

[hubag bohol]

maayo diay na  syagit sama kataas sa kantang love hurts by NAZARETH,,HE,h,he,he,

Pwede pud Maypa Matay ni Jeffrey Hunter...

[chriswise]

ayaw anang matay oi,,,polihe na lang nag mitolo na by max zurban,,,

[hubag bohol]

ayaw anang matay oi,,,polihe na lang nag mitolo na by max zurban,,,

He he, Yoyoy na lang, butangi ang gatotoy...

[chriswise]

kana murag nindot,,he,he,he,

[hubag bohol]

He he, love tickles na ni ron...