The findings, recently published in Molecular Psychiatry by a University of Michigan Medical School team, show that the brain's natural painkiller system responds to social rejection — not just physical injury.What the.. So when these people run into a mess of bad juju, they're instantly rewarded with brain painkillers?! Where was mine? Damn you, brain.
What's more, people who score high on a personality trait called resilience — the ability to adjust to environmental change — had the highest amount of natural painkiller activation.