Dr. Marisa G. Franco

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Something Was Wrong · S26 Ep6: Friendship, Attachment, and Betrayal with Dr. Marisa G. Franco · 15 Jul 2026 podcast

So in my new book, Worth, I talk about the importance of being secure-ish other than secure, because if there's parts of you that are insecure, it's important to acknowledge them and care for those parts of you because you can only regulate what you acknowledge.

I've seen research that suggests that friendship can be just as important, if not more important for people's long-term mental health, longevity of life, all sorts of things.

Like you've done the research.

How important is friendship?

Yeah.

So when we look at longevity, there's things like your diet and your exercise, which obviously contribute to a longer lifespan.

But having a large, diverse social network actually contributes to living longer, more than the diet and exercise combined.

So it's really important both mentally and physically for us to be connecting with a lot of different people.

Just like we need oxygen, need water to be alive and functioning at our best, we also need connection to be at a healthy homeostasis.

Your book mentioned something about attachment styles from childhood tend to carry those into adulthood.

Is it possible for people who grow up in traumatic or abusive environments to, over time, change their attachment?

Oof, this is a great question because this is almost like you're asking about my body of work because platonic was all about sharing the ways that you can show up in a secure way.

But a reaction that I got from platonic was like, I know how to say all the secure things, but like, how do I feel that way in my nervous system?

How do I actually feel safe?

How do I actually feel more regulated?

And so I took that on for my second book, Worth, and here's what I've come up with.

Why are we insecure?

Well, foundationally, it's because of our memories.

We have memories of harm, abuse, neglect, rejection that have created these insecurities.

Researchers say memories are the database of self-esteem.

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