self-expansion
5 episodes mention this concept
DrTraceyMarksApr 22, 2026The Brain Basis of Losing Yourself in Relationships: Understanding Enmeshment
RelationshipsIdentity overlapSelf-expansionEnmeshmentSelf-referential processing
HealthyGamerGGFeb 14, 2026Why Modern Dating Fails to Deliver Soulmates: A Neuroscientific and Psychological Analysis of Love
RelationshipsSoulmate conceptDopamine circuitryDating appsLoneliness epidemic- HealthyGamerGGFeb 19, 2025
The Neurobiology and Societal Dynamics of Situationships: Why Modern Dating is a 'Prisoner's Dilemma'
RelationshipsSituationshipsFriends with Benefits (FWB)Prisoner's Dilemma (in relationships)Fractured Attention - DrTraceyMarks
The Brain Science of Losing Yourself in Close Relationships: Understanding Enmeshment and Reclaiming Individual Identity
PsychologySelf-expansionEnmeshmentIndividual identityShared identity 
hubermanlabThe Science of Love, Desire & Attachment: Attachment Styles, Neural Circuits, and Relationship Dynamics
PsychologyAttachment stylesStrange Situation TaskAutonomic nervous systemAutonomic tone
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Concepts that appear alongside self-expansion across episodes.
- brain reorganization
- self-referential processing
- solo audit
- enmeshment
- self-concept
- genuine closeness
- prefrontal cortex
- hormonal regulation (testosterone, estrogen)
- intimacy
- positive delusions
- conscious awareness (below)
- exteroception
- chronic outward attunement
- relationship patterns
- emotional weather
- resilience
- neuroimaging research
- people-pleasing
- chronic attunement
- body's signals