Dr. Yoram Yovell, psychiatrist and neuroscientist at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem, joined CNN’s podcast Chasing Life to answer the time-honored question: Does love always hurt? “Yes, of course!” Dr. Yovell told host Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, as reported on CNN.com. But at some point, love is going to hurt. And if it doesn’t, then it might not be love.”And it turns out, when love hurts, it hurts both emotionally and physically. The same brain regions involved in physical pain light up during emotional distress, such as social exclusion and loneliness, according to Dr. Yovell.

Source: CNN February 23, 2026 15:23 UTC