Why broken hearts hurt — and what heals them | Yoram Yovell
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4.1 • 11.9K Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2024
⏱️ 15 minutes
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What's the relationship between physical and mental pain, and how can you ease both? Revealing how your experiences of love, loss and pain are deeply intertwined, neuroscientist Yoram Yovell sheds light on the surprising role of your brain's endorphins and opioid receptors to ease physical and emotional suffering — and shows how this connection could pave the way to new treatments for mental health and well-being.
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| 0:10.0 | where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity every day. |
| 0:14.8 | I'm your host, Elise Hugh. |
| 0:16.9 | Any of us who have ever suffered from a broken heart knows that the pain is as real as fracturing a bone or pulling a muscle. |
| 0:25.0 | It's unavoidable, we think, to feel this kind of emotional pain. |
| 0:29.0 | Well, neuroscientist Joram Yovel has made it his mission to explore pain with a focus on how to alleviate or lessen the kind of pain we feel when we're grieving or going through any tough time mentally. |
| 0:43.0 | In his 2023 talk, he shares what he's learned about better treatments for pain, |
| 0:48.0 | both physical and emotional, after a quick sponsor break. |
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