A Broken Heart Really Does Hurt, Scientists Claim

Death Metal writes "Psychologists at the University of California, Los Angeles say the human body has a gene that connects physical pain sensitivity with social pain sensitivity. The findings back the common theory that rejection 'hurts' by showing that a gene regulating the body's most potent painkillers — mu-opioids — is involved in socially painful experiences too."

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Re:isn't this obvious?

[commodore64_love]

That explanation would make sense had it been the *other* sorority girl I dated a year earlier, because she loved attention, but not this girl. Over the years I've come to realize she was socially inept, since she was heavily-sheltered by her parents (they wouldn't even let her take a car to college until she was a junior). I think she truly didn't realize that rejection hurts guys. I guess that's a side effect of being a bookworm. Or not having the trauma==pain gene. (shrug)