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In human beings, studies of the brain's response to pain have revealed that the same areas of the brain that are active during extreme physical pain are active during feelings of social rejection. In other words, it literally hurts to be socially isolated for too long. It is the same physical sensation.
Acetaminophen (Tylenol) happens to work by interfering with this area of the brain's normal thing, and other studies have shown that a standard dose taken often does outperform a placebo at reducing feelings of social rejection in ordinary people. It fucks your liver in the long run, though.

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