How Heartbreak Affects Your Health

Getting dumped ignites a series of reactions that ends up feeling like a full-body blow. We tell you why love can hurt.

Hormones

The second he said adios, your adrenal glands started churning out the hormones cortisol and adrenaline, the costars of the body's fight-or-flight stress response. Depending on how bad the breakup was, your stress hormones are anywhere from simmering to skyrocketing (a reaction that, like all of the below, can settle down after a few days or last for years)--and they're likely ratcheting up your blood pressure.
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