Break-ups can have a dramatic impact on our bodies. For example, broken heart syndrome is a real condition, with serious and painful symptoms. Other studies have also shown how break-up stress can cause acne, loss of appetite, and sore muscles. But as well as the body, our brains also go through a lot after a break up.

Anyone who has been through a break-up will tell you how much it hurts. When the person you care about the most tells you they don't want to be with you anymore, it can feel like your whole world is falling apart.

But as well as the body, our brains also go through a lot after a break up. In a post on Psychology Today, psychologist Guy Winch wrote about the effects that splitting up with our partner can have on our brains.