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the body's loudest argument that love was never just a metaphor.
real painEmotional rejection activates the same brain regions as physical injury.
broken heartGrief can trigger takotsubo syndrome, a real cardiac event.
painkiller worksTylenol measurably dulls the sting of social rejection.
ancient blameGreeks pinned love and longing on the heart, not the head.
survival toolThe ache evolved to keep social animals from wandering off alone.