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The Science Behind Why Friendsgiving Matters
Did you know we lose half our friends every seven years?
And the most common reason we do isn’t that we’ve become fundamentally incompatible. It’s because we’re no longer in the same place at the same time. Many of our friendships are effectively “locationships.” We require something called “social embeddedness” (a similar context) for them to continue.
That’s why friendship rituals—like friendsgiv
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Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends
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The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center
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“What we try to suppress defines us (more on this in the vulnerability chapter), or, in the words of one of my psychology supervisors, “Anything unspeakable to you is affecting you.” That’s why we don’t heal shame by hiding it.”
― Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends
― Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends
“Our friends advertise the kaleidoscope of ways we can live. They expose us to new ways of being in the world, showing us another life is possible.”
― Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends
― Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends
“For our life to feel significant, we crave someone to witness it, to verify its importance.”
― Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends
― Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends
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