Paul Eastwick
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1,562 appearances
7 recordings
3 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 24 May
Paul Eastwick’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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That is just not true in any way, shape or form.
If anything, it's slightly in the reverse.
Yeah, I think that's spot on.
There's it's like a sense of activation.
We usually look at this in breakup, but I bet it extends into singlehood, too.
It's like an activation of a physiological system that is designed for fight or flight.
You know, when people go through a breakup, it's like alarming.
But I think, too, as people sort of move into singledom and they start like, you know, looking for partners and things, there's still some of that that's there.
It's like a little bit of heightened activation.
Testosterone increases, too, when people are single.
There's a relationship status difference in people's sort of resting levels of testosterone.
Because again, it's like you're out there, you know, looking, meeting new people.
It's all very activating, but it can be very draining too.
So when we look later in life and we see how people adjust, like after they've lost a spouse, one of the reasons it's tough is, yeah, there are practical things.
It's easier to live if you're older.
If you've got somebody there with you, you can make sure you're taking your medication, etc.,
But some of it is a direct physiological consequence of having another person nearby.
Like we evolved in a context where close others were near to us, like our body expects that.
And if we don't have that, even if we don't know it consciously, our bodies sometimes know like, oh, I have a sense of alarm here, like something's a little bit off.
yeah um i think it's because they are a little better at maintaining their social networks outside the romantic relationship they're a little better at staying in touch with old friends seeing other people on a regular basis in person and hanging out and so they aren't quite putting all
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