If you stand up and move your muscles, the sadness will go away. Simple as that. You are feeling stress, whether from yourself or something else. read more
It is a wonderful thing to be able to experience a full range of emotions combined with the awareness of the physical experience. Think congruence. When you identify and accept the experiences you don’t have to be stuck in them. read more
Obviously, you'll probably spend a good amount of time feeling depressed after a breakup. It's not just you being dramatically sad, though - heartbreak can cause legit depression. Studies have proven that going through a breakup makes you more susceptible to depression. read more
Soon after, one of us (Coan) published a functional MRI study in humans that supported the finding in mice, showing that simple acts of social kindness, such as holding hands, can blunt the brain’s response to threats of physical pain and thus lessen the experience of pain. read more