Andrew Huberman· PhD
social interactions is either generating savings or being neutral or generating a taxed feeling literally taxing that brain body budget
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social interactions is either generating savings or being neutral or generating a taxed feeling literally taxing that brain body budget
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certain types of social interactions with certain people or groups of people just make us feel taxed it makes us feel stressed it leads to negative affect that is not good feelings or emotions and often elevated levels of autonomic arousal that leave us ruminating and leave us having challenges with sleep