Dr. Ben Rein
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first heard Jun 2026
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I think of it as like a two-sided coin that on one side of the coin, you have connection is really good for you.
On the other side of the coin, isolation is really bad for you.
Let's start on the positive side of the coin.
for me it all comes back to like our evolutionary origins that we are a social species we exist and survive really well in groups we hunt well in groups we have incredible capacities like empathy like you can look in someone's eyes and kind of understand what they're thinking like that's incredible makes us really good at working together so since we survive so well in groups
historically, we've been incentivized to stick together.
And so our brains have systems that basically make us feel good when we're around each other and, you know, drive things like dopamine that says reinforcement, come back and do this more.
And then on the other side of the coin, we have this kind of alarm system that goes off when we're isolated that says, warning, warning,
you're at risk, get back to your group.
And so that triggers a stress response that's really unhealthy for you.
By being around others, we can kind of like tickle the brain and make it feel good that we're safe.
And then by not being with others, we're initiating this like alarm protocol that actually undermines our health.
Yeah, it's actually in multiple forms of cancer.
This study found that the number one predictor of survival
you would think that that would be chemotherapy.
It's actually being married.
Chemotherapy is number two.
Of course, it's partly because being married, you're more likely to get chemotherapy because your partner is kind of encouraging you and supporting you.
But there's also just this other like health benefit that you mentioned.
So oxytocin, the love hormone, as we know, it makes us want to be connected with others.
The more oxytocin that's flowing in your system when you're with someone,
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