Episode notes
Welcome to episode 83 of Dr. Ray Calabrese's 'Journey from Grief to Healing' podcast, titled "Navigating Grief: Understanding the Differences Between Physical and Emotional Pain". In this episode, Dr. Calabrese draws from his personal experiences to delve into the contrasts in our brain's processing of physical and emotional pain, particularly as it relates to grieving.
He begins by exploring his own physical injuries from athletics and surgeries, recounting how the intensity of the pain they inflicted has faded. The conversation then shifts to the emotional pain of grief - a pain that doesn't fade away quite as easily. This insight leads Dr. Calabrese to a discovery - our brains process and record physical and emotional pain very differently.
While physical pain is dealt with urgently by the brain's distress signal system, emotiona ...