Images show a snub really is like kick in the gut

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N09395816.htm

WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The feeling is familiar to anyone who has been passed over in picking teams or snubbed at a party -- a sickening, almost painful feeling in the stomach.

Well, it turns out that "kicked in the gut" feeling is real, U.S. scientists said on Thursday.

Brain imaging studies show that a social snub affects the brain precisely the way visceral pain does.

"When someone hurts your feelings, it really hurts you," said Matt Lieberman, a social psychologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, who worked on the study.

"I wouldn't want to be quoted as saying that physical pain and social pain are the same thing, but it seems that some of the same things are going on," he said in a telephone interview.

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[BurtWorm]

1. How you doing, NNN0LHI?

It's been four minutes since you posted and no one answered. Just wanted to make sure you were all right.

:hi:

[NNN0LHI]

2. Was starting to feel like I had been kicked in the gut from being snubbed

Only joking. Doing great here. Thanks for asking. And yourself, Sir? :-)

Don

[BurtWorm]

3. I'm fine

I was obliquely commenting on your post. ;-) Which I thought was interesting by the way.

[VOX]

4. I read about this research this evening and found it fascinating...

The idea of a "broken heart" being painful in reality. It makes the concept of shunning seem criminal.

Very interesting stuff. Thanks for posting! :kick:

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. Fascinating!

Wonder if they'll eventually make "snubbing" in the same category as physical abuse or battery? Taht would be scary.

[HornBuckler]

6. That WOULD Be Scary

If They Viewed "snubbing" In The Same Category As Physical Abuse We Wouldn't Have Any Of That Good Ol' Hate AM Radio!