Exploring how stress affects our bodies, leading to changes in gene expression and immune system vulnerability. The hosts share personal experiences of analyzing their own blood and finding that loneliness increases inflammation, triggering a fight or flight response and potentially leading to chronic inflammation and health issues.
If you’re lucky enough to have fallen in love at some point in your life, you’ve probably also had your heart broken.
The experience can be excruciating, protracted, disorienting … but can it cause you lasting psychological – even physical – harm?