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Study Illuminates the Pain of Social Rejection
Physical pain and intense feelings of social rejection “hurt” in the same way, a new study shows. I would imagine that for people with BPD this physical pain would be even more painful… Study Illuminates the ‘Pain’ of Social Rejection ScienceDaily (Mar. 28, 2011) — Physical pain and intense feelings of social rejection “hurt” in the same way, a new study shows. The study demonstrates that the same regions of the brain that become active in response to painful sensory experiences are activated during intense experiences of social rejection. “These results give new meaning to the idea that social rejection ‘hurts’,” said University of Michigan social psychologist Ethan Kross, lead…