#626 The Science Of A Good Life - Dr Robert Waldinger
Mental Illness Happy Hour
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The Effects of Relationships on Health
People who are isolated, lonely and don't have anyone to talk to stay in a kind of chronic fight or flight mode. They've got more chronic inflammation in their bodies - higher levels of stress hormones that gradually break down the body. So what we think happens is that when you go to a support group or you have somebody in your life who you can call at the end of a stressful day, like you can literally feel your body calm down, and we think that's how it works.
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