Physical intimacy and mutual attraction is an essential and important factor in any relationship. When you touch, hug or kiss someone, the body produces a hormone called oxytocin. That is why touch, hugs and kisses make people happy. Couples, friends, mother, son and siblings walking together hand in hand show their closeness and love for each other.
These responses strengthen mutual love, although not consciously. Touch is also an act of affection. Physical intimacy and physical touch play an important role in romantic relationships. Touches and hugs can have positive effects.
As mentioned above, the production of the hormone oxytocin reduces stress in the body. Calms the mind. Dopamine and serotonin are also released by the brain through touch and hugs.
Imagine that someone you love is feeling stressed about various things. Give that person a kiss on the forehead. This will help in reducing the tension of the person. Moreover, touch is part of intimacy. Hugging reduces the distance between two people. Then the mind becomes free. Kissing is ab act of freeing the mind. Touch is often an experience beyond words.
Touch also helps build confidence. Touch is an expression of support; it is an act of bolstering. The comfort you experience by a loving hug, when you stand confused, is immeasurable. The happiness and comfort experienced by the children who are not brave enough to participate in the competition or to write the exam, when they are comforted and given boosted up, is beyond calculation.
When we touch a person physically, we actually say that our minds are close to each other so that they can touch each other. We touch only those who are so dear to us and want to be with us. Our hearts are not yet wide enough to embrace a stranger with love. So, why are you still hesitant to touch your loved ones…?
