Dr. Marisa Franco

It's absolutely normal to go through these breakups with friends and actually every seven years we lose about half our friends. Also, about half of our friends don't consider us their friends. What we do know is that the longer a friendship has lasted, the more likely it is to continue to last.

It's absolutely normal to go through these breakups with friends and actually every seven years we lose about half our friends. Also, about half of our friends don't consider us their friends. What we do know is that the longer a friendship has lasted, the more likely it is to continue to last.

It's absolutely normal to go through these breakups with friends and actually every seven years we lose about half our friends. Also, about half of our friends don't consider us their friends. What we do know is that the longer a friendship has lasted, the more likely it is to continue to last.

Thank you so much for having me.

Thank you so much for having me.

Thank you so much for having me.

So many reasons. I mean, connection is related to our mental health and wellbeing. Research finds that loneliness is as toxic as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. And that our level of connection actually predicts how long we live even more so than our diet and our exercise, for example.

So many reasons. I mean, connection is related to our mental health and wellbeing. Research finds that loneliness is as toxic as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. And that our level of connection actually predicts how long we live even more so than our diet and our exercise, for example.

So many reasons. I mean, connection is related to our mental health and wellbeing. Research finds that loneliness is as toxic as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. And that our level of connection actually predicts how long we live even more so than our diet and our exercise, for example.

So I think just like we can consider like food, oxygen, water as central to our wellbeing and our homeostasis, so is human connection.

So I think just like we can consider like food, oxygen, water as central to our wellbeing and our homeostasis, so is human connection.

So I think just like we can consider like food, oxygen, water as central to our wellbeing and our homeostasis, so is human connection.

That's absolutely true. And we've also been finding that people are spending more time with their romantic partners and alone over the past few decades and less time with their friends and everybody else.

That's absolutely true. And we've also been finding that people are spending more time with their romantic partners and alone over the past few decades and less time with their friends and everybody else.

That's absolutely true. And we've also been finding that people are spending more time with their romantic partners and alone over the past few decades and less time with their friends and everybody else.

So we tend to think of loneliness as just a feeling, but it's actually a way of perceiving the world. So because historically, when we were lonely, we were separated from our tribes. We were in danger. That led to loneliness kind of leading to a bunch of ways of viewing the world and relating to others. So when we're lonely, according to the research, we actually think that people like us less.

So we tend to think of loneliness as just a feeling, but it's actually a way of perceiving the world. So because historically, when we were lonely, we were separated from our tribes. We were in danger. That led to loneliness kind of leading to a bunch of ways of viewing the world and relating to others. So when we're lonely, according to the research, we actually think that people like us less.

So we tend to think of loneliness as just a feeling, but it's actually a way of perceiving the world. So because historically, when we were lonely, we were separated from our tribes. We were in danger. That led to loneliness kind of leading to a bunch of ways of viewing the world and relating to others. So when we're lonely, according to the research, we actually think that people like us less.

We actually like other people less. We actually report having less faith in humanity. All of this is so that we can protect ourselves at times of loneliness. But obviously, this can also be very self-sabotaging, such that loneliness can become a self-perpetuating cycle because of how it affects how we perceive and relate to others.

We actually like other people less. We actually report having less faith in humanity. All of this is so that we can protect ourselves at times of loneliness. But obviously, this can also be very self-sabotaging, such that loneliness can become a self-perpetuating cycle because of how it affects how we perceive and relate to others.