From you experience,do you agree with what is written in the link below ?

Question

From my experience, I do agree. Hurt feelings is verrrrrrrrrrry painful.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7587780.stm

Answer 1

I absolutely agree.  After physical pain is over it's hard to remember how much you hurt but emotional pain .... it's burned into your brain.

Answer 2

It's true, and i agree that hurt feelings are painful.

But all pain is the same, to me - if you were to take something i cherished, it would be as if you had taken my arm.

Obviously, not physical pain, but the mental agony would be similar.

Answer 3

yes, i agree. affective, emotional suffering can be very bad.

Answer 4

Yes, and I would add to that, that emotional pain is longer-lasting because it's more complex.  Because it's so complex, each trauma is unique and stands out more.  We tend to remember things that stand out more because they are easier to separate from other memories or thoughts.  So emotional pain will stimulate the memory more than physical pain.

Also, since physical pain is so much simpler, it requires fewer thought processes, which means it takes up less space in your memory.