Gary Brecka argues that social connection is the strongest predictor of longevity. Isolation can cut life expectancy in half at any age. During trauma, refusing to be vulnerable with others slows healing and compounds the damage.
One of the common threads that runs through the people that are living the longest lives is that they have a sense of community and connection. I don't think we really define that, and, and also I think that we're the most disconnected we've ever been in recorded history. We knew that if you wanted to cut a human being's life expectancy in half, statistically in half, and I mean at any age, you put them in isolation. Broken heart syndrome, there are lots of examples of this. Isolation is so detrimental, and I would assume that when you're going through some kind of traumatic event that you're trying to recover from, being isolated, not Being vulnerable makes you less connected.
