Gabor Mate Quotes:
Ocupation: Physician
Life: b. 1944
The very same brain centers that interpret and feel physical pain also become activated during experiences of emotional rejection. In brain scans, they light up in response to social ostracism, just as they would when triggered by physically harmful stimuli. When people speak of feeling hurt or of having emotional pain, they are not being abstract or poetic, but scientifically quite precise.
topic: Hurt, Pain, Emotional, Social Ostracism, Physical Pain, Ostracism, Emotional Pain
