Did ya know that “heartache” is actually physically painful and measurable? It’s true.
FMRI studies show that heartache activates many of the same brain regions involved in physical pain.
Heartache also produces measurable stress effects, elevated cortisol, increased heart rate and blood pressure, and higher inflammatory markers.
And of course, the heart is effected. Heartache can flood the body with stress hormones that actually weaken the heart muscle to such an extent that it’s measurable on EKG’s, via blood tests, and can even mimic a heart attack.
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