“The silent treatment and stonewalling can have actual effects on the brain. Research indicates that such behaviors are a form of ostracism which activates the anterior cingulate cortex, the same part of the brain that detects physical pain. Being ignored can leave someone feeling injured – literally. These effects linger powerfully for the victim, causing fresh abandonment wounds and reinforcing old ones.”
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