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171 - How to Make Friends and Keep Them with Best-Selling Author Eric Barker

The Verywell Mind Podcast

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The Best Definition of a True Friend Is Another Self

The best definition of a true friend is another self, according to ancient philosophy. If you put women in an mri scanner and you say their friend's name, the areas of their brain for self processing actually light up. And the closer a friendship is, if that friendship breaks down, research shows you're more likely to say, i don't know who i am any more.

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