Why can heartbreak cause physical pain too?

Exploring the brain and body mechanisms underlying heartbreak

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…