The body adapts to a new baseline of social engagement, where a previously perceived deficit can become a new normal.

“because I believe what you're describing is the same thing that one would experience with food if we eat a lot we're consuming I know 3500 calories a day and then um suddenly we only have access to 1,800 calories a day there's it feels like a deficit because indeed it is whereas after some period of time at 1,800 calories a day 2200 calories a day feels like relative abundance relative abundance”