This article is from WeChat official account:NOWNESS now (ID: NOWNESS_OFFICIAL) , author: Lara, from the head of FIG: Begin Again (2013)
Google the question “How many hugs do people need every day”, and the answer that popped out was 8.
The results of scientific research have proven countless times that the brain secretes oxytocin when hugging and touching with a close person(Oxytocin is also known as the ” The hormone of ability), the secretion of serotonin will increase, and the effect of cortisol will slow down, which helps to stabilize blood pressure and suppress anxiety, reduce heart rate, and make people more stable.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
When we grow old, even if sexual desire diminishes, the need for hugs and touches will not decrease. American psychotherapist Virginia Satir (Virginia Satir) believes that we need toIt takes 4 hugs to survive, 8 hugs can maintain a good state, if it is 12 hugs, people can grow better. There are also experimental results that claim that 15 minutes of skin contact with people every day can bring good effects to the body.
Begin Again (2013)
In the 1950s, there was a quite famous experiment in which young rhesus monkeys were allowed to choose between “iron monkey mother with milk but no soft body” and “soft puppet monkey”. It turns out that the little monkey is more willing to hold the “muppet mother” even when hungry, especially when frightened and helpless.
Iron Man 3 (2013)
Although the above figures are still confusing, at least we can be sure that more hugs are good for your life, especially when you are stressed or anxious.
Why do humans love hugs?
Hugging is an innate social skill of human beings.
Sheep that has been warmed since the fetusBeing wrapped in water and being caressed in the arms of the family during the growth of babies are all vital to their growth. As early as 1986, a study published in the Research Journal of Pediatrics confirmed that assuming that infants and young children can have less than one hour of physical contact a day, then only 10 days later, ta’s development speed can increase by 47% .
Lilo & Stitch (2002)
Everyone’s touch experience when they were young may also affect the development of oxytocin glands. That is to say, if we don’t get enough touch care when we are young, we may become insecure and disgusted when we grow up. Physical contact, or on the contrary, becomes too clingy, etc.
Inside Out (2015)
Even if humans evolve into advanced animals and invent their own language system, the function of conducting and feeling emotions through the skin is still the most difficult to replace and the most sensitive way of feeling, even more than the language invented by humans. Be precise and honest: Embrace and touch with someone you like to show intimacy, while touching someone you don’t trust or even hate will make you uncomfortable.
The main reason why pets can heal cats and dogs is also the joy of petting, their soft skin