Why do sensations such as heartbreak/sadness/anxiety feel like physical pain?

Question

Why do sensations such as heartbreak/sadness/anxiety feel like physical pain?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Usually, feelings make your body have a physical response, this happens for a bunch of reasons, like a primal instinct of self preservation. They make your body release more hormones like adrenaline and others, and these are the ones that make you feel physical pain amongst other stuff.