From StarTalk.

The discussion centers around forgiveness as a scientifically supported tool for emotional healing, particularly in response to intense grievances and revenge cravings. The neuroscientist explains how forgiveness deactivates the brain’s pain network, suppresses addiction-like reward circuits related to revenge, and reactivates the prefrontal cortex to restore self-control. Importantly, these benefits occur even if the forgiveness is imagined, and only benefit the victim—not the perpetrator.

From ‘The Science Of Revenge, with James Kimmel’: https://youtu.be/rynDGf9TZKQ?si=ouLLROhYdXGxHePt

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