Meanwhile, psychiatrists should be aware that “procedural options exist to relieve pain and minimize the use of opioids in this at-risk population, ” Panchal said.

For example, neural regions rich in opioids and serotonin, which relieve anxiety and pain and contribute to a sense of calm, did not light up for the newly-in-love.

But, the love photo acted in a totally different area of the brain-the primitive reward system region that lights up where addictive drugs work, and where pain-relieving opioids do their magic.