The Breakup Recovery Handbook

The Pain Is Real Research shows that the brain regions activated by romantic rejection are the same regions activated by physical pain. When you're going through a breakup, your brain literally thinks it's been injured. That's why you can't eat. That's why you can't sleep. That's why you feel like there's a hole in your chest. That's why every song, every street corner, every memory feels like a knife. You are not being dramatic. You are being human.