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Your brain feels pain from rejection because it doesn’t know the difference between heartbreak and a bear attack.

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Studies show social rejection activates brain regions that overlap with those for physical pain. But the brain does distinguish between heartbreak and danger, so the bear comparison is exaggerated.

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