From the course: How to Train Your Brain For Happiness
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Trusting your social brain
From the course: How to Train Your Brain For Happiness
Trusting your social brain
- Why is seeking connection in real-time so critical and so important in today's world? Most of us are disconnected in an over-connected world. We live in our devices. We're on our phones, our tablets, our computers pretty much 24/7, whether it's at work or at home. And the research is showing something quite remarkable. This addiction to technology is also a sabotage to your happiness. Why is that? Connecting in real-time in person is what your brain evolved for. Your brain's a social organ. We are social beings. We are driven for that deep sense of belonging and community. And in the absence of it, your brain goes into dysregulation, which can increase your stress, increase even your inflammation response, can increase the anxiety that you and many others can experience in life. What also is very crucial and very important is that we live in a world where most people work remotely, or people work in cubicles.…
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