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The Language We Use
One of the obvious hints that social pain is similar to physical pain is the language we use to talk about social pain. Most of the words we use to describe feelings of social rejection or loss involve the language of physical pain. We say, “She broke my heart,” or “He hurt my feelings,” or that a girlfriend’s leaving “was like being punched in the gut.”
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The 1950's Experiment on Monkeys
Newborn monkeys were raised apart from their mothers. Substituting for the mother were two surrogate “monkeys”. One surrogate was a wire-mesh frame that was constructed roughly in the shape of an adult monkey and that provided the milk the newborns needed for survival. The other surrogate was a w...
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The 1950's Experiment on Monkeys: The Result
Which surrogate did the infants became more attached to: the one associated with nourishment or the one that felt a little more like a real mother monkey?
Soon after birth, infant monkeys were spending nearly 18 hours a day in contact with the cloth monkey and almost no time at all with th...
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We Form Attachments
A second piece of evidence that social pain is real pain is the separation distress that mammalian infants show when separated from their primary caregivers. Observe the intense and relentless crying and distress that can occur when a mother leaves her child. Each of us is born with an attachment...
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Social pain Vs Physical Pain
Why are our brains built in such a way that a broken heart can feel as painful as a broken leg?
When someone says, “He broke my heart,” we understand this as a metaphor. No one mistakes this for a medical emergency.
Physical and social pain seems as if they are worlds apart. Every tim...
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Embrace emotional agility
Don't consider what you think you should feel. Open your heart to what you do feel, even the difficult emotions. It could involve pain, regret, grief or loss.
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The Soul Has A Plan
We always get hints from our souls what to do next in our life but those are 'too good to be true' - that's why we never follow them and just become the photocopy of others.
You just need to follow your 'soul print' or just trust your gut.
When you start fo...
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