The Impact of Loneliness and Disconnection on Social Connectivity

There's a great study that was done. And I can't remember where it was, but it's mentioned in Frank Anderson's book. So when they were alone, 12 parts of their brain had to light up to bring them back into self connection to calm them back down. When they held the hand of a stranger, eight parts of theirbrain lit up and pulled them back into resilience again. But when they held the hands of their partner, only four parts of their brains lit up. It just shows the impact of loneliness and disconnection. Because we just we can't soothe ourselves. No wonder we don't want to go into social situations when we're anxious because the software in