when your feelings are hurt or have a broken heart, how and why are you able to actually feel a painful burning sensation inside your chest?
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The whole physical organism is basically a gigantic sensing machine attuned to our environment. The first and foremost purpose of our central nervous system (including our brain) is to move us around in this environment to seek food, water, shelter and companionship (basically to keep us existing) and also to avoid danger.
Through millions of years of evolution we have been programmed to rely on others for safety. Our chances of survival on our own are virtually nil.
When we detect aversion from others (a break up, ostracision from our group), our bodily organism interprets this as a threat to our survival. It sends signals through out our body(viscerally), and if we’re a smart little organism we modify our behaviour accordingly.
A beautifully designed piece of organic hardware really. Should be enough incentive to really care for it and feel deep gratitude.
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