Heartbreak : a personal and scientific journey / Florence Williams.
By: Williams, Florence [author.].
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Edition: First edition.Description: viii, 296 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781324003489; 1324003480.Subject(s): Man-woman relationships | Separation (Psychology) | Women -- Psychology | Interpersonal relations | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology (see also Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology) | PSYCHOLOGY / Grief & Loss | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (incl. Patients) | Interpersonal relations | Man-woman relationships | Separation (Psychology) | Women -- PsychologyAdditional physical formats: ebook version :: No titleItem type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | Gloucester Twp. | Nonfiction | Adult | 306.7 Wil (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 05000011128282 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
When her twenty-five-year marriage suddenly falls apart, journalist Florence Williams expects the loss to hurt. But when she starts feeling physically sick, losing weight and sleep, she sets out in pursuit of rational explanation. She travels to the frontiers of the science of "social pain" to learn why heartbreak hurts so much--and why so much of the conventional wisdom about it is wrong.
Soon Williams finds herself on a surprising path that leads her from neurogenomic research laboratories to trying MDMA in a Portland therapist's living room, from divorce workshops to the mountains and rivers that restore her. She tests her blood for genetic markers of grief, undergoes electrical shocks while looking at pictures of her ex, and discovers that our immune cells listen to loneliness. Searching for insight as well as personal strategies to game her way back to health, she seeks out new relationships and ventures into the wilderness in search of an extraordinary antidote: awe.
With warmth, daring, wit, and candor, Williams offers a gripping account of grief and healing. Heartbreak is a remarkable merging of science and self-discovery that will change the way we think about loneliness, health, and what it means to fall in and out of love.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-296).
Introduction -- Shatter. Bridge to nowhere ; The heart ; Kindu kush ; A costly life event ; OG sin -- Alone. All pain is one malady: rejection ; Heartbreak hotel: grief ; Welcome to the eremocene: attachment ; Your cells are listening : The body doesn't lie ; Shaggy birds ; The wizards of lonesome -- Awe. Truth serum, part one ; High island: warmth ; Excuse my piloerection: the science of awe ; Split mountain ; Confluence ; The happiness that matters: social well-being ; Truth serum, part two ; The divorce drug ; Open sesame ; Man in the kastle: opioids, love, and the science of recovery ; The future of heartbreak ; The personality of the body ; A boat of lettuce.
"Florence Williams explores the fascinating, cutting-edge science of heartbreak while seeking creative ways to mend her own. When her twenty-five-year marriage unexpectedly falls apart, journalist Florence Williams expects the loss to hurt. What she doesn't expect is that she'll end up in the hospital, examining close-up the way our cells listen to loneliness. She travels to the frontiers of the science of "social pain" to learn why heartbreak hurts so much and why so much of the conventional wisdom about it is wrong. Searching for insight as well as personal strategies to game her way back to health, Williams tests her blood for genetic markers of grief, undergoes electrical shocks in a laboratory while looking at pictures of her ex, and ventures to the wilderness in search of awe as an antidote to loneliness. For readers of Wild and Lab Girl, Heartbreak is a remarkable merging of science and self-discovery that will change the way we think about loneliness, health, and what it means to fall in and out of love"--
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction (p. 1)
- Part 1 Shatter
- 1 Bridge to Nowhere (p. 11)
- 2 The Heart (p. 19)
- 3 Hindu Kush (p. 31)
- 4 A Costly Life Event (p. 42)
- 5 OG Sin (p. 56)
- Part 2 Alone
- 6 All Pain Is One Malady: Rejection (p. 73)
- 7 Heartbreak Hotel: Grief (p. 82)
- 8 Welcome to the Eremocene: Attachment (p. 94)
- 9 Your Cells Are Listening (p. 107)
- 10 The Body Doesn't Lie (p. 114)
- 11 Shaggy Birds (p. 132)
- 12 The Wizards of Lonesome (p. 142)
- Part 3 Awe
- 13 Truth Serum, Part One (p. 155)
- 14 High Island: Warmth (p. 164)
- 15 Excuse My Piloerection: The Science of Awe (p. 175)
- 16 Split Mountain (p. 183)
- 17 Confluence (p. 203)
- 18 The Happiness That Matters: Social Well-Being (p. 218)
- 19 Truth Serum, Part Two (p. 226)
- 20 The Divorce Drug (p. 231)
- 21 Open Sesame (p. 241)
- 22 Man in the Kastle: Opioids, Love, and the Science of Recovery (p. 251)
- 23 The Future of Heartbreak (p. 260)
- 24 The Personality of the Body (p. 265)
- 25 A Boat of Lettuce (p. 271)
- Acknowledgments (p. 277)
- Notes (p. 280)