Why can heartbreak cause physical pain too?
Exploring the brain and body mechanisms underlying heartbreak
6 min readJan 3, 2021
Throughout our lifetime as part of our human experience, we have most likely had negative, unfavourable experiences (Tchalova & Eisenberger, 2015). For example, experiencing a breakup or being impacted by the death of someone we love. These experiences can contribute to the gloomy feeling of heartbreak (Tchalova & Eisenberger, 2015). Heartbreak being a very intense, overwhelming feeling of distress which can cause great emotional suffering. However…