What is pain? 

Pain is a negative sensory and emotional experience. No two people experience pain in the same way, even if the causes are similar. Pain is a profoundly personal experience, and the only way to truly understand it is through a person's own consideration. Pain can range from minor to severe.

Why love hurts?

It's commonly believed when we're young that love gives unending happiness, warmth, and fulfillment, but that's not always the case. Love may cause dread and anguish. In this post, we will go over numerous of the reasons why love can be accompanied by suffering. We'll go into the mental health issues involved as well as give some professional coping strategies. Remember that if you're struggling with love, you're not alone.

• Our bodies release a rush of hormones that stimulate our pleasure center when we fall in love. At first, this is exciting, but the withdrawal symptoms can be painful.
•  The stress hormone cortisol is released when someone falls in love, and this can cause anxiety. There may be physical and mental suffering along with this worry.
•  Considering yourself and finding the cause of your fears by writing and meditation is the most effective technique to recover from a traumatic romantic relationship.
• Unpleasant, intrusive thoughts can arise from love. 
  When you initially fall in love, your body produces less serotonin because chemicals linked to attraction—such as testosterone and norepinephrine—take control.
•  Serotonin regulates anxiety and sadness in a significant way. Fearful, urgent thoughts are more likely to occur when serotonin levels are low.
• Intruding ideas are often of a small nature. You can experience an unexpected anxiety that things won't work out or that you'll look foolish in front of the person you love. They can, however, occasionally become more severe, such as the worry that you could harm someone or break the law.

• Love demands you surrender control, which may be frightening. 
  In the early phases of your relationship, you lack the ability to make your partner love you back. If you get together, you won't be able to assist them relieve their suffering or work through their problems. Regardless, you must relinquish some level of control, which can be terrifying and uncomfortable.

It is very natural and good to experience pain while you are in love. 
We frequently believe that because love is a generally joyful emotion, experiencing melancholy, worry, or even physical pain makes it less pure or real. That could not be farther from the truth. Every day, millions of individuals suffer dread (and sometimes actual pain) as a result of love. In fact, the emotional roller coaster you feel when you fall in love is a healthy indicator that your hormones are working properly. 

            “THE ONLY WAY WE CAN LEARN TO LOVE IS TO LOVE.”