The rhythmic beating of our heart is slowed so noticeably that it feels, literally, like our heart is breaking. What’s crazy about the pain of a broken heart is that your body perceives it as physical pain. So I simply hugged him goodbye and walked away, hoping that someone else would think to give him Tylenol. No, don’t be desperate.” As pain receptors fire, the result is that we feel broken, physically and emotionally. A signal is sent through the vagus nerve from our brain to our heart and stomach.

Source: New York Times June 03, 2016 08:28 UTC