Our social "other concept" is the story we tell about who they are: whether people are mostly safe or dangerous, welcoming or judgmental, trustworthy or unreliable. This inner model of others is shaped by our history — early relationships, cultural narratives, past hurts — and it quietly scripts who we approach, how close we let people get, and how we interpret their behavior. Updating this model toward greater nuance and trust is one of the most important shifts in social wellbeing.

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