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Chasing Life

The Science Behind a Broken Heart

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.5 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Love can be one of life’s greatest joys and heartbreak one of its deepest pains. Sanjay talks with psychiatrist and neuroscientist Yoram Yovell about how heartbreak affects the body, why emotional pain can feel physical, and what actually helps people heal. Producer: Kyra Dahring  Medical Writer: Andrea Kane  Showrunner: Amanda Sealy  Senior Producer: Dan Bloom  Technical Director: Dan Dzula Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Chasing Life. We have a very timely and I think very important episode for you today,

0:06.6

especially given that Valentine's Day is around the corner, love is in the air, that's a good thing for most people.

0:13.3

But for a lot of people listening, they know it can be a painful thing as well.

0:18.3

And not just sort of emotional pain and not even mental pain, but actual physical

0:24.2

pain that sometimes accompanies love. Sometimes it's part of what makes love so unique, so special.

0:31.9

But sometimes pain is just pain. And it's something that we have to deal with. That's part of the reason I'm so excited

0:39.0

to have Professor Yoram Yavelle on the show today. He is a psychiatrist. He's a neuroscientist.

0:45.0

He is someone who's experienced some of the most difficult mental pain one can experience in their life.

0:51.4

And he dedicated his life to understanding it and treating it.

0:55.6

Why does heartbreak sometimes hurt?

0:58.9

Literally.

1:00.0

Why does it occur?

1:01.5

Why are we human beings evolved to feel that kind of pain?

1:06.0

I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta.

1:07.9

This is chasing life.

1:13.6

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