Andrew Huberman· PhD
Grief is not just about sadness. It is a state of sadness, hence the activation of brain areas associated with pain, and it is a state of desire and reaching for something.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
Grief is not just about sadness. It is a state of sadness, hence the activation of brain areas associated with pain, and it is a state of desire and reaching for something.
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In fact, I'd like you to think about grief as an attempt to reach out and get something that you very much want.
One of the features of this paper that's not surprising is they found that people who are in a state of grief are in a state of pain. That is, brain areas associated with pain, actual physical pain, are more active than in non-grieving individuals.