Wellness

TIL that social connection is more impactful to human well-being than nutrition or exercise. 

As an introvert who has downplayed connection with people as a “nice to have but only after copious amounts of solitude” in my many years of mental health strategizing, I’m not sure how to integrate this info.

Code4rena.com co-founder. Securityalliance.org contributor. Lover of books, poetry, collective knowledge graphs, and aligning on a big vision.

Like, if well-being were a pyramid, maybe a better mental model is social connection at the base, good food and water on top of that, moving your body on top of that, etc? Curious how other people think about it.

Obviously we can’t go without any of these things, but I’d always seen “go outside, move body, drink water, eat good food” as foundation. Social connection came later if at all, bc I believed I was a better person to other people if I took care of all those other needs on my own. Maybe the truth is flipped??