Can Two Tylenol a Day Keep Rejection and Heartbreak Away? - http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog...
Feb 3, 2010
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"Clearly, little is necessary to make us feel rejected and devalued as a person. We simply cannot underestimate the power of feeling cared for, valued, and connected to other people." "To test this idea, a few of my colleagues randomly assigned people to take a dose of acetaminophen or a placebo each day for 3 weeks and provide daily reports on what happened to them and what they felt. By day 15, those taking acetaminophen reported feeling less painful reactions to being rejected on a daily basis than those taking placebo. The ability of acetaminophen to ease hurt feelings, enhance self-esteem, and reduce anxiety, sadness, and hostility grew stronger each day until the end of the study."
- Fred Yankowski