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The chemistry of connection

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

The Evolution of Our Species

I think that America could stand to be a little bit less rugged and individualistic. Honestly, I think that people would be healthier. And something that civilization has tried to breed out is interdependence. When you are in an interdependence state, because you are soothed by being connected, knowing somebody has your back, that ends up being like an anti-inflammatory state. Your body can repair itself much better when it is not in fight or flight. So it's like a self-fulfilling prophecy that if you get isolated, then you end up in fight orFlight.

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