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The Healing Power of Hugging

What Are the Health Benefits?

By Antoinette FrenchPublished 2 years ago 4 min read
The Healing Power of Hugging
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The researchers talked about the healing power of the hug and its many benefits for the physical, mental, and immune health of the body. They talked about the role of the hug in the production of oxytocin, endorphins and about inducing well-being, peace, and calm.

1. What happens when you hug a person

When you meet someone, a person with whom you may have a special feeling, you probably at the beginning of the relationship look at him as a stranger, unknown, with whom you are not used. It may not be as attractive as you imagined, probably because there is no awareness of this coming from both sides.

And yet, when you embrace that person, things change, time seems to stand still, a feeling appears that generates an extraordinary joy. This can bring tears of happiness to your eyes, because it creates a beautiful connection and that indefinite, wonderful feeling appears, which makes you feel protected and safe.

Hugging heals the soul

Scientists say that hugging is healthy, it increases the general feeling of happiness.

A pleasant sensation appears through the hug, and any negative energy seems to go away. The hug heals and sweetens the soul, floods the being with a state of well-being.

We all deal with negative people in our daily lives. They always complain, have low self-esteem and practically charge us with their baggage of negative energies. To get rid of this baggage we need to detach ourselves, to have positive thoughts that create self-confidence.

By hugging, we could eliminate some of the negativity, so we can feel much better. Negative thoughts usually lead to many problems in people's lives, such as depression, pain, poor performance at work, alcohol consumption, difficult relationships, overeating, and more.

The hug brings harmony to the couple

The hug makes you get closer to your loved one, to feel sexier and more affectionate. Through this gesture you can improve your relationship, you can forget about quarrels and disputes, you can bring more harmony when you need love.

Hugging can also ignite the desire in the relationship, and this produces dopamine - the hormone of vitality, which makes us want to live.

To bring more happiness in the relationship, be creative, be more careful with your loved one. Fortunately, there are many things you can do as a couple, you just need to be more understanding, more smiling, more patient, and able to generate joy in the life of your loved one. This can help eliminate stress, depression, and nonsense.

2. Why people should hug more than ever

There are several reasons why people should do this, with family members, relatives, and friends. First of all, hugging makes you feel happier, because it releases oxytocin, and this hormone induces a feeling of well-being and happiness.

Another reason why people should embrace is to have better health. Hugging reduces stress, nervousness, anxiety, regulates blood pressure, say, therapists. Touching and hugging can trigger oxytocin and this helps lower high blood pressure, thus reducing the risk of heart disease, stress, and depression.

Oxytocin is a neuropeptide that induces a sense of relief, and in this way, people get closer, and harmony in the relationship increases.

Hugging is the cheapest therapy

Psychologists recommend this type of therapy because it is a method by which you heal, increase your mental well-being, you have the feeling that you are surrounded by more prosperity and happiness.

If in doubt, try this therapy. You will see that a simple hug will help you to have that pleasant sensation, like when you consume chocolate because more endorphins are released in the body.

Hugging also helps in communication, it is a means by which empathy can be increased. People who are in a relationship and hug each other understand each other better, have a more harmonious and loving relationship. When you hug your loved one, you no longer need explanations, words, because this gesture translates to: "I know how you feel. I'm with you. "

Hugging is a way to improve your relationship

With a simple hug, you can improve your relationship with a relative, a child, a colleague, or a friend. Such an approach can quell certain quarrels, which could prevent you from enjoying life.

If you want more happiness in your life, you should empathize more with the people around you, hug them more often to soothe them. Nowadays, many people suffer because of their fears, financial problems, illnesses, past traumas, workplace pressures, loss of loved ones, and so on. There are many reasons why life can be difficult for them, so they need relief, understanding, and joy.

Hugging changes the inner mood, and this produces peace, well-being, and calm.

Everyone wants to experience moments of joy, and hugging can trigger such a pleasant feeling that she will be truly happy and happy at that moment.

You can hug a person to show your appreciation, to show your gratitude, this will make you more aware of the good that that person has done to you and that is right in front of you. This gesture will bring joy to you and them, and in addition, this will increase the chances that that person will behave just as well with you in the future.

Hugs also matter in the family, they maintain harmony in relationships with loved ones. Hugging can become a kind of ritual when you leave or return home, and this will bring a little happiness to the family.

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