Do you know what a Heartbreak DOES to your Brain?!

                                         
   The Effects of a Heartbreak on your Brain!

Ever wondered how a heartbreak affects you?! I've been through a couple of them and believe me when I say that a heartbreak completely changes you. It changes your perspective on Life and LOVE, it changes your mentality

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about people.

You learn not to trust completely and you push away anyone who DARES to come close to you. You start hating love songs and curse every single couple that you pass by but deep down wishing you are instead of them. You curse that person that broke you, wishing that you can kill him with your own bare hands and you keep cursing his name until you end up with no voice. You hate him but at the same time you still love him and wish that nothing changed between you.

You spend sleepless nights or nights crying yourself to sleep. Those moments when you feel like your heart is exploding to pieces. Those moments when you gasp for breath as you feel like someone knocked you out completely. Those moments when you hear or see something that tears you apart even more. YES I Know how it feels!

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But actually, after all this, do you ever think how a heartbreak affects directly our brain? No, its not just you who feels that your life is over. Your brain is affected too! 

Everyone knows that losing the person you loved with your whole heart is absolutely devastating. Some of the effects are pretty understandable too! Take a look at what a heartbreak does to our brain below:

• Linked to a Higher rate of Depression

These Effects can last weeks, months and even YEARS!

• An area of our brain that deals with addiction and physical pain is ACTIVATED

That's right! Seeing a photo of your ex after a breakup, activates a part of the brain that is linked with physical pain and cocaine addiction. It can feel like drug withdrawal symptoms. No wonder heartbreaks are painful!!!

• Causes Anxiety, Headaches, and MORE!!

When you are in love, positive chemicals such as Dopamine and Oxytocin. On the other hand, heartbreak cause the following effects: Anxiety, Headaches, Nausea and there could be changes in weight - either weight loss or even weight gain in some cases.

• Can even cause the 'BROKEN HEART Syndrome'

The physical pain of it all doesn't stop here! It has been found that traumatic experiences can cause this syndrome. Stressful experiences like these make the body produce hormones which disrupts the heart's pumping ability.

• Cause Chest Pains and Symptoms of a HEART ATTACK!

Yes. A heartbreak may even cause you to feel the symptoms of a Heart attack!

To Sum it all up there is nothing more to add except the fact that love is like a drug to our body and experiencing a heartbreak is like experiencing Drug withdrawal. We must always keep in mind not to judge people as we may never know what they are passing through.

Have you ever experienced this? 

Laters,

C.Armeni

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