Maybe This Explains Why Feeling Disconnected Hurts So Much

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:00]The need for connection is in our DNA, inherited from ancestors who lived in tribes and close communities.

[00:00:07]For them, there was safety in numbers, less threat from attack, prey, and hunger.

[00:00:12]If one of them strayed too far from their people, then their nervous system would sound an alarm, danger imminent.

[00:00:20]The painful feeling of disconnection or chronic loneliness is a biological response that we still carry forward to this day.

[00:00:30]A biology evolved for a very different world.