
WHY DO BREAKUP HURT SO MUCH? Falling in love is a chemical reaction. Your brain runs on a cocktail of dopamine, the natural amphetamine PEA, and the bonding hormone oxytocin. Eventually, you develop a tolerance for these chemicals. But when you break up, they surge again. Dissolving feelings for an ex is equivalent to withdrawing from a cocaine addiction. Like any other threat to our well-being, emotional pain fires up adrenaline and...