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So back to your question: 1  Your chest hurts when you're emotionally sad because your brain processes physical and social pain in the same brain regions (dACC and AI) (the affective aspects of the pain). The fact that both pains overlap means the factors that decrease physical pain also decrease emotional pain.
What causes chest pain when feelings are hurt? When people have their feelings hurt, what is actually happening inside the body to cause the physical pain in the chest? terms such as âheartacheâ and âgut wrenchingâ are more than mere metaphors: they describe the experience of both physical and emotional pain.