A new study has revealed that depressed people cannot easily shake off social rejection and move on. The pain of social rejection lasts longer for them, and their brain cells release less of a natural pain and stress-reducing chemical called natural opioids. On the flip side, when someone they're interested in likes them back, depressed people do feel relatively better, but only momentarily. This might also be explained by differences in their opioid ...Saturday, 28 February 2015
Depressed People Can't 'Shake Off' Social Rejection
A new study has revealed that depressed people cannot easily shake off social rejection and move on. The pain of social rejection lasts longer for them, and their brain cells release less of a natural pain and stress-reducing chemical called natural opioids. On the flip side, when someone they're interested in likes them back, depressed people do feel relatively better, but only momentarily. This might also be explained by differences in their opioid ...
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