Why broken hearts hurt | Yoram Yovell | TEDxBeitBerlCollege

When you lose someone you love, the pain you feel is as severe and real as any physical pain. The capacity to experience mental pain is hard-wired into our brains, but we are not powerless against it: Endorphins are our brain’s natural remedy for both physical and mental pain. Narcotic drugs alleviate pain by activating endorphin receptors but are harmful in chronic use.
Recent neuroscientific discoveries are guiding the development of drugs that may ease physical and mental pain like endorphins, while avoiding the dangers of narcotics. Best of all, when we reach out to comfort someone we love who is struggling with grief and loss, we actually cause their brain to release endorphins that help them endure and eventually overcome their pain.
Prof. Yovell is a psychiatrist, neuroscientist, TV presenter, author, and international keynote speaker. He is an Associate Professor of the Practice at the Department of Medical Neurobiology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His areas of research include the neurobiology of emotions and mechanisms of physical and mental pain. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@cute_cookie7496]

Broken people attendance here ☝

[@evenow]

Here 🖐🏻

[@CavariousTheCompletedTactician]

it's hard , only time can dull the pain not heal (haven't heard the whole thing atm)

[@cute_cookie7496]

@@CavariousTheCompletedTactician True time doesn't heal anything it just teaches us how to live with pain

[@smoot2337]

@@cute_cookie7496Time wounds all heals

[@phoenixpersonified3484]

There should be at least a million people giving their attendance here, assuming they watch this video, but again, one needs courage to admit to themselves and to others that they are broken 🤔

[@visionsofablackherstorian]

I literally have a tattoo that says, "Love is Pain", because it was something I discovered after a Heartbreak. I finally feel validated.

[@maypap13]

have you found new love since your heartbreak?

[@visionsofablackherstorian]

@@maypap13 No

[@maypap13]

@@visionsofablackherstorian I'm sorry to hear that

[@bethaniel841]

How proud his father must be - what an amazing legacy ❤ I was 13 when my mother died and the physical pain was indescribable. Time is a crazy, magical thing ❤

[@user-xj6kc4qz6s]

😢😢😢my mother died when I was 13 years old😢my mum was my hero 😢it hurts 😭

[@abhiramtadi]

Well we should be brave enough to love someone knowing that they might not be with us for the rest of our life, in the end we might think is it a fair sacrifice that we made for the time being with them.

[@dragonfly9209]

I agree. The pain of losing them is horrendous...but what we gained from having them in our lives helps us to find a measure of comfort. The love gained outweighs the pain--and wins in the end.

[@sukhino4475]

True, I realised, my son recently passed away at 39,bachelor, all alone in US, ...he has taught me the purpose of life, meaning to live,when I suffered from severe wife abusing husband, and utterly selfish unlaws, who had turned him to be a parasite. My son at the age of 15, stood by me and my younger daughter to enable us to complete the career we were in. Even at this time of irreplaceable loss, my husband continue to wield threat,bullying....

[@OcelotlAlma13]

​@@sukhino4475I am so sorry for your loss 💚

[@jcjs33]

pain is the touchstone to growth...depression precedes growth and it is always 'lonely' on the growing edge...pain doesn't mean, necessarily, 'damage' but 'healing is going on' , 'repair' ... pain is simply a 'pointer' and varies with what is presented with each person...OMski

[@wolfferoni]

I don't know if I necessarily agree. Depression does not always precede growth. There are many people who struggle with depression for life and who may go on to commit suicide.

[@lismabatubara3455]

I feel the same, while my husband died four years ago. But i believed God.

[@maypap13]

Yoram Yovell is one of my favorites.

[@sifarak.fathima792]

This was very informative....your hardwork have paid off..Yoram Yuvell.....that's great!

[@hend570]

Incredible informations. Thank you for your hard work.

[@ArslonQalqonov]

This is spectacular story

[@AlessandraAlonso]

Out standing!

[@eatpant4ever]

Very insightful. Thank you for sharing this! 🥰🙏

[@prernagupta23]

Thank you 💝

[@rashadjaveed274]

Thank you for explaining feelings of love and pain scientifically. Informative and reassuring that people are the healers and ......

[@psychismelucratif3234]

This was insightful

[@ignaciaforteza7731]

Thank you, thank you. Great informative video.

[@mariacasado3350]

Me gustaría traducción en Español

[@dannyspromise]

Absolutely fabulous. Makes me wish I was a scientist. Thank you for this TED Talk. So sorry for the loss of your father at such a young age.

[@subaschandran1951]

By generating a thinking process during the day and hypnopedia during night we can generate endorphin within

[@lntj101]

Perfect

[@yasoomohamed970]

Thanks for useful video

[@bukurie6861]

Thank you to hear and It happen in real life is phisical+mental pain and we feel sad that it is demage us🌏

[@yolgag88]

Very interesting!

[@charliefern3568]

Summary: The knowing is worth the pain.

[@freedomtryp62190]

Interesting informations❤

[@potatopirate5557]

Most addictions to opiates are an effort to treat mental pain as much, if not more, than physical pain.

[@kookts8491]

Amazing research, seems it can help many people

[@amalsattar7737]

Plz subtitles b add kardein

[@zakiagul-zt4bp]

Whoever been broken by their loved ones, & how they instantaneously hurt you ;

[@HaloDizayee]

Thanks, keep going, the videos are very useful

[@HAPPY.10.]

Somalia people love ted talks

[@maypap13]

does this mean we'll be able to treat a broken heart?

[@wilylaba6087]

❤❤❤

[@jcjs33]

love always hurts until it doesn't...love doesn't 'always hurt'...OMski

[@creativemind8924]

How do we increase our endorphins???

[@ddpwe5269]

Exercise is the main one.

[@MilaDiamond]

Exercise, quality time with friends and/or family, spending time in nature, dancing, listening to music (or engaging in any arts that inspire you), doing things you love; also, living your purpose. If you don’t have a community of likeminded people around you, build one. ✌️

[@nakefatty9167]

Drugs and hugs.

[@mariacasado3350]

Traducción en español

[@1sanremy]

From my humble perspective : PAIN hearts the EGO. So to be HAPPY, one can reduce the pain or the ego. Any mean can be used but on the chemical side, psychotropic drugs like PSYCHEDELICS and other strange RC ( such as A-PIHP) produce interesting results needing more explorations. Peace & love

[@eva-mariacoughlin9456]

Drugs and more drugs! How about hug therapy,thank you so much for trying to help those who are deeply 😢

[@Real_Michael_Jordan]

Only God can heal my heart

[@mohamedelfatih9826]

People even scientist still struggle on how to decide the human being at The level of consciousness whether he is pure matter or pure psyche. For almost all of us, the answer is clear but when it comes to practice let us keep saying that human are psyche and they have Free Will as to keep things interesting.

[@mariaantoniettamontella9173]

aspettiamo i nomi delle due sostanze che sviluppano endorfine.

[@sihamelyamoun4680]

Where can we stay updated on these two drugs reveal?

[@Ajeetrawatroaster]

My mom died when i was 17 yeras old so i do feel 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@StelvinSabu]

5:14 "But what is grief, if not love persevering?"

[@caracolbaila]

cacao and thc/cbd.. is ovius.. and lovely

[@brocanova]

Tako-Tsubo-Cardiomyopathy is a reality.

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Spar Brasil

[@mayukhpurkayastha2649]

You Anti Hero like a great Joker 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢.(batman world)

[@cadenrodriguez3655]

I know he can’t say yet, but it’s such a tease to not say the names of the medications 🤣

[@inphinitezero5499]

fooreal!!!!

[@jenninemorel7693]

Magnesium helps

[@abrahamadam1902]

Here

[@pamelaroyce5285]

I hope one of those two drugs is chocolate! 😂

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[@jcjs33]

too mechanistic...OMski

[@Novapsihoanaliza]

What a charlatan! :(

[@Real_Michael_Jordan]

Science doesn't have the answer for this one, sorry

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Here