What Happens During Heartbreak? Three Podcasts to Search Hearts

Heartache

« Dfor months, I have been going to the physiotherapist because my diaphragm is too tight because of my emotions. This rupture literally displaced my ribs and vertebrae. » This testimony, one among 114 in all, is that of a broken-hearted anonymous person received by Olympe de Gê to write Heartache. In five episodes, helped by neurologists, addictologists or sociologists, the feminist porn director seeks to understand what “plays within us” when love fades. Not necessarily to experience it better, but at least to understand it better. — N.M.

A heavy heart

Ovidie explores heartbreak, “the one who plunges into emotional distress, so intense that we even wonder if we will survive. » In this sixth episode of The documentary series devoted to the question What could save love? we learn that a broken heart is not a metaphor. The organ can change as a result of a rupture: it becomes larger and the ventricle functions less well in the space of a few days. The feeling of withdrawal is comparable to withdrawal from an addiction. The only remedy: time. — CL

Break three hearts at once

A romantic breakup a priori concerns two people… Except that a beautiful story often involves new bonds created with another family. In this episode of Passages (Louie Media), Agathe recounts the difficulty she had in announcing to her family that it was over with Adrien, her lover for six years. In counterpoint, his cousin confides the pain felt during this event, while this little friend had become like a big brother to him. The emotions experienced could have been a little deeper, but the story exudes great kindness. — S.Gi.