Ted Audio Collective. I'm your host Dr. Shoshona Unger lighter.

The crushing pain of heartbreak and the ache of losing someone you love are more than

just metaphors. They're hardwired into our brains and the

sensation can be just as real as any physical injury. This is mental pain and psychiatrist and neuroscientist Yoram Yavel has spent years

unraveling the mysteries behind it. In his captivating TEDx talk he takes us on a journey from personal tragedy to groundbreaking research,

exploring the intricate dance between our brains, our relationships, and the drugs that could revolutionize pain treatment.

This talk might just change the way you think about the pain that we all carry.

Get ready to see love, loss, and the power of a hug in a whole new light.

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I'm Dan Gorenstein, host of the Fifth Branch, a special series from Tradeoffs and The Marshall

Project, available wherever you get your podcasts.

And now Yoram Yavel takes the TED stage.

I'm Yoram Yavel, a psychiatrist and neuroscientist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. And when I was 14 years old, my father died.

I was sitting in class when my mother and my grandfather

knocked on the door and asked me out to the corridor.

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