Have you ever felt unhappiness or mental anguish so deeply that it's as if your soul actually hurts ? Experts call this "emotional pain", which is different from physical discomfort but can affect your quality of life just as much. "[Physical pain] is a 'sensory' pain; it stems from the body and is transmitted to the brain directly through nerve endings," explains psychiatrist Dr Remedios Gutiérrez. In contrast, emotional pain - which may come in the form of intense feelings of sorrow, sadness or fear - doesn't always have an obvious, specific cause, but is equally as important to address because it can also have a detrimental effect on your daily life.

How does emotional pain manifest itself?

What symptoms might alert us to emotional pain? According to the doctor, there are quite a

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