Researchers from the University of Oxford led by Dr Chantal Berna analysed brain imaging to see how healthy people reacted when they were feeling down.
Medical bracelet wearers were told that participants 'who were made sad by negative thoughts and depressing music' processed pain more emotively, which meant they found it more unpleasant and it had a greater impact on the individual.
It is thought disrupted neurocircuitry in the brain, regulating emotion, leads to 'an enhanced perception' of discomfort.
Furthermore, scientists suggested that pain may not be caused by depression, but could be the driver behind it.
As Patient UK noted, while depression is a common word by many to describe their feelings from time to time, a true definition of a sufferer is one enduring a low mood and symptoms over a period of at least two weeks.
Such problems can affect the day-to-day activities of a person if they persist.
Medical bracelet wearers were told that participants 'who were made sad by negative thoughts and depressing music' processed pain more emotively, which meant they found it more unpleasant and it had a greater impact on the individual.
It is thought disrupted neurocircuitry in the brain, regulating emotion, leads to 'an enhanced perception' of discomfort.
Furthermore, scientists suggested that pain may not be caused by depression, but could be the driver behind it.
As Patient UK noted, while depression is a common word by many to describe their feelings from time to time, a true definition of a sufferer is one enduring a low mood and symptoms over a period of at least two weeks.
Such problems can affect the day-to-day activities of a person if they persist.
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