Why Do Break-Ups Hurt So Much?
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2010/07/09 13:10:03
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Yes, we've been dumped, in one particularly scarring instance. We moped around mourning this person for a solid year (so much for sophomore year of college). We cried a lot, our grades went down, we gained weight, we basically hated our life.
But why was it so terrible?
Scientists have found that the brain areas associated with the pain of romantic rejection are the same ones involved in reward, motivation, physical pain, craving and addiction. In fact, looking at photos of exes lights up regions of the brain that are activated in cocaine addicts' brains, Time magazine reported.
The lovelorn in the study also admitted to engaging in activities such as "inappropriate phoning, writing or e-mailing, pleading for reconciliation, sobbing for hours, drinking too much and/or making dramatic entrances and exits into the rejecter's home, place of work or social space to express anger, despair or passionate love." Yes, we can relate.
Have You Ever Been Devastated By A Break-Up?
But why was it so terrible?
Scientists have found that the brain areas associated with the pain of romantic rejection are the same ones involved in reward, motivation, physical pain, craving and addiction. In fact, looking at photos of exes lights up regions of the brain that are activated in cocaine addicts' brains, Time magazine reported.
The lovelorn in the study also admitted to engaging in activities such as "inappropriate phoning, writing or e-mailing, pleading for reconciliation, sobbing for hours, drinking too much and/or making dramatic entrances and exits into the rejecter's home, place of work or social space to express anger, despair or passionate love." Yes, we can relate.
Have You Ever Been Devastated By A Break-Up?
Read More: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,200...
Top Opinion
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2077367 2010/07/09 15:57:54
Just type "Brabo Gator Door Hit Ya" on youtube.
It's amazing... :)
But what bugs me is that people (my age, which is young lol) don't go out with a person very long and they're already saying "I love you" and that kind of thing, and then they get all depressed about it later when they break up (even when they don't date very long) And how over-dramatic some of the people seem. Sometimes I think that a)they're acting this way because they actually feel that way. b) attention whores. c) just being way to over dramatic. And I really hate when they get all over-dramatic and act like their life sucks and they'll never be happy again. And that is another reason why I actually don't mind be single lol.
Yes, the dirty joke popped into my head as soon as I typed it. But I didn't say it. I deserve a cookie.
BELIEVE***
The best poetry, songs, and books come from that broken place.
DUH xD
YES, I've sobbed for hours
YES, I've tried to kill myself because of that person
and
YES, I go completely insane.....
But it's life, get over with it...Hopefully things get better
You get the fluttery butterfly feeling in the stomach when you first fall in love but then you get that painful, winded....gut wrenching pain if or when you break up!
I've tried many of a times not to fall in Love....but it's more then just an emotion, it's a part of life as we need to be loved by that elusive soul mate...just a shame we have to go thru so many to find that just one.
i dont let break-ups hurt me :)
but then again i am a little weird :)
Sometimes,
I'm very clumsy,
I don't have any idea what I was doin,
I lose my senses,
I lose my mind,
I forget important matters cuz all I was thinkin of was him,
I EVEN TRIED TO SUICIDE!!!!
And worse, (not that I'm bragging) I am holding the VALEDICTORY Title this high school graduation, but because of our break up, I lost my mind and lost study habits which resulted for me to fall on RANK 3 only (1st Honorable Mention) in the HS Graduation...
I was totally a WRECK After all THIS THAT HAPPENED!!!!!!
Then I learned to say curses...T_T
I was not devastated by a break-up but I did fall in love with someone...and he very recently just hurt me. But eh shet happens I guess. But it's all because one actually does hold feelings.