Lovesickness hurts like a physical wound
For a long time mental pain was only laughed at: You have lovesickness? Your colleague is nasty to you? You have a fight with the neighbors? "Pull yourself together and get over it" is the opinion of the others, which many will hear then. But if you have a flu, you can cure this in peace.
The British psychologist Sian Beilock has written down that such a viewpoint is wrong in his book "How the body knows the mind". Among other things, he refers to an experiment by two neuroscientists who have used a computer game to test how social exclusion affects the brain. The result: Whether we cut our fingers or are emotionally rejected - the same region is addressed in the brain and reacts with pain.
The Broken Heart Syndrome has long been known, and it has been proven that lovesickness can also hurt your body. Doctors now advise to take mental pain seriously and to take good care of themselves. Unfortunately, there is no recipe for it except patience and time.
