Name: 愛情真的是毒品嗎？| 愛與心碎對我的身體有何影響？ (Is Love Really A Drug? | What Does Love & Heartbreak Do To My Body | National Geographic)
Uploaded: 2025-05-27T07:51:29.000Z
Duration: 8 min 49 s

Have you ever felt so head over heels in love that you ignored all the red flags?

你是否曾經為愛痴狂，以至於忽略了所有的紅旗？

Or so distraught from a breakup that you didn't want to leave your bed for a whole week?

還是因為失戀而心煩意亂，整整一個星期都不想離開床？

Well, there's probably a reason for that.

Why do love and heartbreak feel like we're literally riding a roller coaster?

為什麼愛情和心碎會讓我們感覺像在坐雲霄飛車？

Scientifically speaking, she was actually onto something with that one.

從科學的角度來看，她的這一說法確實有道理。

I'm Alzo Slade here with Nat Geo to break down how everything you experience and consume can affect your body in ways you may not expect.

我是阿爾佐-斯萊德（Alzo Slade），Nat Geo 頻道將為您分析您所經歷和攝入的一切如何以您意想不到的方式影響您的身體。

Today, we're flirting with what does love and heartbreak do to my body?

今天，我們來探討一下，愛情和心碎會對我的身體造成什麼影響？

Falling in love makes our bodies go berserk.

墜入愛河會讓我們的身體變得瘋狂。

The basis for love's physical effects are chemicals flowing through our bodies.

愛對身體產生影響的基礎是流經我們身體的化學物質。

The process of experiencing affection, attraction, and attachment makes our brains release a whole cascade of hormones, neurochemicals, and natural opioids.

體驗愛意、吸引力和依戀的過程會讓我們的大腦釋放一連串的激素、神經化學物質和天然阿片類物質。

Think of them like emoji messages from your brain to your body.

把它們想象成大腦向身體發出的表情符號資訊。

We have noradrenaline that makes our heart race and our palms sweat.

我們的去甲腎上腺素會讓我們心跳加速，手心出汗。

Vasopressin, it excites us and generates possessiveness.

血管加壓素會讓我們興奮，產生佔有慾。

Testosterone and estrogen, well, now, they make us lusty.

睪丸激素和雌激素，現在，它們讓我們慾火焚身。

After physical intimacy, dopamine is released.

身體親密接觸後，多巴胺會被釋放出來。

It's a feel good, a reward, like a love high that's even been shown to resonate in the brain as strongly as cocaine euphoria.

這是一種感覺良好的獎勵，就像愛的快感，甚至被證明能在大腦中產生與可卡因興奮一樣強烈的共鳴。

Who would have thought that love could be as potent as cocaine?

誰能想到，愛也能像可卡因一樣烈？

Just snuggle up with your lover and get that hot.

與夫妻依偎在一起，感受那份火熱。

Serotonin is another mood boosting hormone, but it might also create those obsessive scroll through their entire Instagram grid impulses.

血清素是另一種促進情緒的荷爾蒙，但它也可能讓人產生強迫性地滾動瀏覽整個 Instagram 網格的衝動。

Lastly, there's oxytocin, a bonding drug that deepens attraction and increases trust released from meaningful interactions like deep conversations and touch.

最後是催產素，它是一種粘合劑，能加深吸引力，並通過有意義的互動（如深入交談和撫摸）來增加信任。

That's a lot of chemistry going on in our bodies.

我們的身體裡發生了很多化學反應。

This stampede of neurochemicals can even deactivate the neural pathways responsible for negative emotions, meaning we might be unable to feel some bad things when we're thinking about our crush.

這種神經化學物質的激增甚至會使負責負面情緒的神經通路失活，也就是說，當我們想著暗戀對象時，我們可能無法感受到一些不好的事情。

And that's why so many of us ignore red flags up front.

這就是為什麼我們中的很多人都忽視了前面的紅旗。

Once the chaos and butterflies have settled down, if we're lucky, we've fallen all the way, and we're in love.

一旦混亂和蝴蝶效應平息下來，如果幸運的話，我們就會一路墜落，墜入愛河。

In this state, hormone levels balance out and create lasting effects.

在這種狀態下，荷爾蒙水準會達到平衡，併產生持久的效果。

Its possessiveness becomes devotion, protection.

它的佔有慾變成了奉獻、保護。

Serotonin normalizes, and we chill all the way out with the obsession.

血清素趨於正常，我們就會因痴迷而冷靜下來。

The steady supply of oxytocin leads to better sleep, immunity, decreased anxiety and depression, and in some cases, faster wound healing.

催產素的穩定供應能改善睡眠、提高免疫力、減少焦慮和抑鬱，在某些情況下還能加快傷口癒合。

Being loved has even been shown to give us longer lives.

事實證明，被愛甚至能讓我們更長壽。

So when Linda at the office sticks up another photo of her new boyfriend in the cubicle, you might want to cut her some slack.

所以，當辦公室裡的琳達又在隔間裡貼出她新男友的照片時，你可能要對她寬容一點。

Unfortunately, what goes up usually comes down.

不幸的是，上有政策，下有對策。

Be it a breakup, divorce, or even death, heartbreak is an unfortunate reality for all humankind.

無論是失戀、離婚，甚至是死亡，心碎都是人類不幸的現實。

When we lose love, that stream of healthy, feel-good chemicals suddenly stops, and that causes problems.

當我們失去愛的時候，這種健康的、讓人感覺良好的化學物質流就會突然停止，從而引發問題。

Journalist Daryl Austin researched this topic for National Geographic and could tell us a little bit more about how this works.

記者達里爾-奧斯汀（Daryl Austin）為《國家地理》雜誌研究了這一主題，他可以告訴我們更多有關這一工作原理的資訊。

Losing a loved one is literally shocking to your system.

失去所愛的人對你的身體系統來說簡直是一種打擊。

It's like being addicted to a drug that suddenly dries up, similar to an addict going through withdrawals.

這就像吸食毒品上癮後會突然乾涸，類似於癮君子的戒斷期。

The areas of the brain that are associated with cravings and emotional regulation are involved with both drugs and love.

大腦中與渴望和情緒調節有關的區域與毒品和愛情都有關係。

Oxytocin is protecting our heart tissue, and when we lose that stream of oxytocin, that heart tissue becomes vulnerable, and it can lead to a stress response like spikes in blood pressure, difficulty breathing, and an increased risk of heart attack.

催產素保護著我們的心臟組織，當我們失去催產素流時，心臟組織就會變得脆弱，從而導致血壓飆升、呼吸困難等應激反應，並增加心臟病發作的風險。

There was a really interesting study from the 1960s, and they found men were 40% more likely to experience a heart attack after the death of their wife than other married people their age.

20 世紀 60 年代有一項非常有趣的研究，他們發現男性在妻子去世後心髒病發作的機率要比其他同齡已婚人士高出 40%。

是啊，心碎可以是字面意義上的。

Well, dang, Daryl, that's rough when we lose our feel-goods and the security we've grown so attached to.

天哪，達里爾，當我們失去了感覺和安全感，我們已經變得如此依戀，那是很艱難的。

Low serotonin levels can be connected to depression, anxiety, and digestive issues, while low dopamine can cause lethargy, memory loss, sleep problems, and mood swings.

血清素水準低可能與抑鬱、焦慮和消化問題有關，而多巴胺水準低則會導致嗜睡、記憶力減退、睡眠問題和情緒波動。

When we're so desperately craving our prior happiness, we might turn to the quick hits to try and surge our dopamine.

當我們極度渴望之前的幸福時，我們可能會求助於速效藥，試圖讓我們的多巴胺激增。

When we know what the quick hits are, yeah, that make-out session with that rando on the dance floor.

當我們知道什麼是快餐的時候，是的，就是在舞池裡和那個浪蕩子親熱的時候。

Heartbreak has our hormones going haywire all over again, including a new foe that's entered the chat.

心碎讓我們的荷爾蒙再次混亂，包括一個新的敵人加入了哈拉。

Those rascals come with a whole host of issues.

Quick side note, the stress hormone cortisol follows circadian rhythm, meaning its effects might be stronger in the morning and may be to blame for all those days you just can't get out of bed.

順便提一下，壓力荷爾蒙皮質醇是有晝夜節律的，這意味著它在早晨的作用可能會更強，這可能就是你每天無法起床的原因。

To sum this all the way up, very simply, heartbreak makes us feel like trash.

總而言之，很簡單，心碎讓我們覺得自己是垃圾。

So how the heck are we supposed to get over something so devastating when we feel so sick?

那麼，當我們感覺如此難受時，我們到底該如何克服這種毀滅性的事情呢？

Our brains may cognitively understand that things are different now, but our bodies need time to catch up to that reality and reset the chemistry.

我們的大腦可能在認知上明白現在情況不同了，但我們的身體需要時間來適應這一現實，並重新設置化學反應。

If we lean on the relationships we do have, like family and friends, those rewarding social interactions can start regenerating the oxytocin we were missing.

如果我們依賴於我們所擁有的人際關係，比如家人和朋友，這些有益的社交互動就能開始再生我們所缺失的催產素。

A good bear hug from mama can release the dopamine we were jonesing for and ward off the stress hormones plaguing us.

媽媽的一個熊抱可以釋放我們渴望的多巴胺，抵禦困擾我們的壓力荷爾蒙。

Even snuggling a pet can release those good goods.

即使是依偎著寵物，也能釋放這些好東西。

It doesn't have to be romance that gets the love hormones flowing again.

讓愛的荷爾蒙再次湧動的不一定是浪漫。

Since some of our neural response to social pain is the same as how we'd respond to physical pain, we can treat the pain in the same way.

由於我們對社交疼痛的某些神經反應與我們對身體疼痛的反應相同，是以我們可以用同樣的方法來治療疼痛。

A study found that simple acetaminophen or Tylenol can be effective at diminishing social pain.

一項研究發現，簡單的對乙酰氨基酚或泰諾可以有效減輕社交疼痛。

Who knew that headache and heartbreak had the same medicine?

誰能想到頭痛和心碎竟是同一種藥？

I know your energy levels are all out of whack and you're craving junk food and have no motivation to exercise, but I promise breaking those cycles will help.

我知道你的能量水準完全不正常，你渴望吃垃圾食品，也沒有動力去鍛鍊，但我保證打破這些循環會對你有所幫助。

Just a daily walk, even if it's silly and little, can ease depression and sorrow.

只要每天走一走，哪怕是傻傻的、小小的，也能緩解抑鬱和悲傷。

Sticking to a strict bedtime and following a wind-down routine can create the structure you need to get regularity back.

堅持嚴格的就寢時間和作息時間，可以為您提供恢復規律作息所需的結構。

When we reinstate regular sleep, it helps our bodies to regulate our hormones and impulse control, which might stop us from the make-out sess with the bad breath creep on that dance floor next time.

當我們恢復正常睡眠時，它能幫助我們的身體調節荷爾蒙和衝動控制，這可能會阻止我們下次在舞池裡與口臭的人親熱。

On the more emotional side of recovering, never underestimate the power of journaling, therapy, or grief groups to sort through thoughts and feelings.

在情緒恢復方面，千萬不要低估寫日記、心理治療或悲傷小組對理清思緒和情感的作用。

You're not alone, and plenty of folks are available to listen.

你並不孤單，有很多人願意傾聽你的心聲。

As we have seen and heard and experienced, love is kind of exhausting.

正如我們所見、所聞、所經歷的那樣，愛讓人精疲力竭。

Love and heartbreak are undeniably a biological rollercoaster, but the bodily benefits of love, both platonic and romantic, are irrefutable too.

不可否認，愛情和心碎是生理上的雲霄飛車，但愛情對身體的益處也是無可辯駁的，無論是柏拉圖式的愛情還是浪漫的愛情。

Do you think love's high is worth heartbreak's pain?

你認為愛情的高潮值得心碎的痛苦嗎？

Let us know, and we'll see you next episode.

請告訴我們，我們下期節目再見。