bodies – knitting in the dark

star-anise:

christichris:

justhurtingalot:

Isn’t it weird how you can actually feel the pain in your chest and stomach when something really hurts your feelings

This is actually because it activates your vagus nerve! Basically your body goes “we are so upset! We must be injured! Where???? On the inside guts! Those are confusing and hard to differentiate!!! Confusing guts are hurt!”

The poor lil vagus nerve wants to help so much, but it’s just not made for brains as confusing as ours.