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When I have a nearby support network of friends, I ambiently feel more socially secure, braver, resilient; when I don't, I start feeling paranoid, insecure, afraid. The cause/effect doesn't feel consciously related! I'm starting to relate to it as taking vitamins or exercising.

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As in; if I am hangin out with a friend and there's a mean online comment, it rolls off me; if all my friends are a 6-hr flight away, the comment lodges in my brain. It took a while for me to notice the correlation; it doesn't *feel* like it has anything to do with my friends!

6:27 PM · Mar 8, 2022

Chris Williamson

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This is on the money

The Monkey's Paw

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This is a very good insight. I need to work on applying it to my own life. 💙

FellowHombre in the Bay (DM me!)

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Yess very relatable Also why lockdown was so terrible

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@jessicamalonso

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Even mammals that don’t think about these relationships consciously would be secured by that presence - the nervous system knows!

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Gotta be a social thing. Probably a good reason to keep people you love around you.

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I speculate that in the former your brain is like a more hostile garden for weeds like that to root in, when it's otherwise occupied. It probably ties in part to the old saying idle hands are the devil's playground.

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The risks of social isolation

Evidence links perceived loneliness and social isolation with depression, poor sleep quality, impaired executive function, accelerated cognitive decline, poor cardiovascular function and impaired...

Idan ("eden") Solon ("sew-lin") (

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What sort of mean online comments do you get?