• May 1, 2024

The sadness constitutes one of the basic emotions of the human being, since it denotes affliction, pain and pain; However, unlike other feelings such as love or hate, this has a great impact on the metabolism of our brain.

Although, as indicated by the owner and head of the Department of Neurobiology of the division of research in Neurology of the National Institute of Psychiatry "Ramón de la Fuente", Eduardo Calixto, the brain is more than ready to face this emotion, which allows us to feel empathy for someone or something and serves as a defense mechanism against aggression, this through tears.

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In an interview for GetQoralHealth , the doctor Eduardo Calixto , points out what changes can be experienced due to sadness; Know them!

1. It affects your mind. In a state of sadness the brain begins to consume more glucose and oxygen. What produces a state of exhaustion. For this reason you can not cry in prolonged periods, it should be done in episodes.

2. Taste for the sweet. At the level of the tongue the number of receptors that perceive the sweet taste is diminished, therefore the flavor is not fully captured, so that people who feel sad often eat more.

3. You develop disorders. The decrease of serotonin, (which gives rise to emotions such as sadness) generates medium and long term: depression, compulsive obsessions and / or violent outbursts.

Sadness allows us to learn from what we have experienced, it is the feeling that most teaching leaves, although the impact on our brain is impressive. It can be avoided? In agreement with the expert Calixto no, but this body is able to self-regulate and thus avoid long-term damage.

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