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Interlude LXXIX: Belonging | John Bowlby, Naomi Eisenberger, Attachment Theory, Social Rejection, Loneliness, Neuroscience, and the Biology of Inclusion
In this interlude of The Observable Unknown, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey explores belonging as a biological need rather than a social luxury.
Human beings don’t merely enjoy connection.
They depend on it.
Before belonging becomes an emotion, it begins as an expectation of the nervous system. An infant waits for a face, a voice, and a body that returns. Long before language develops, another person helps teach the child whether the world is safe enough to explore.
This episode examines how isolation, rejection, and uncertain attachment can change perception before loneliness becomes consciously felt…
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