# @healthline on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dcd_GKAIPVe
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69592010-healthline-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-25T15:43:09.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Healthline (@healthline) — https://gondola.cc/healthline

## Caption

✨ Ever notice how anxiety shows up as a knot in your stomach, or happiness feels like a warm glow all over? That's not just a figure of speech. 

A study mapped bodily sensations across roughly 700 people and found that different emotions consistently activate different areas of the body. 

🔥 Anger, fear, and anxiety light up the chest and upper body (hence "hot-headed" or "carrying weight on your shoulders")
😔  Sadness shows up as numbness in the limbs
❤️ Love radiates through the core

🔗 Tap the link in bio to see 5 more emotions mapped, and the science behind how your body processes them.

#mentalhealth #emotions #mindbodyconnection #emotionalbaggage

Before you read it, we reviewed it.
Article Medically Reviewed By: Jennifer Litner, PhD, LMFT, CST 
Article Review Date: 8/19/2024
Source: Ishler, J. (August 19, 2024). How to Release ‘Emotional Baggage’ and the Tension That Goes with It. Healthline. https://www.healthline.com/health/mind-body/how-to-release-emotional-baggage-and-the-tension-that-goes-with-it

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emotions, mindbodyconnection, emotionalbaggage, mentalhealth

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