A young boy is upset. He runs to his mother and buries his face in her
dress, holding onto her legs. The mother bends down and picks him up. His cries
soon subside.
A person meets a person they admire.
They spend longer than usual shaking hands,
A woman is upset. A friend gives her a
hug.. she then feels better.
A cat rubs its body along your leg wanting attention, you bend down and
pick it up.
We all have a deep need to touch others and be touched by them. When
others touch us (in ways we like), we feel both less alone and a warm
connection.
Sometimes we want others to touch us, particularly when we want to be
comforted or otherwise loved, reaching out to others to show we care about
them.
All primates, from monkey to man, rely on social touch. Among non-human
primates, grooming is a tool used to garner favours, earn social standing, and
increase access to resources.
Gossip may have replaced parasite removal as a mechanism for defining
and enhancing one's place in human society, such as our primate friends, but the desire to be touched is carved so
deeply within our primate heritage that it remained even as we shed our fur.
For an infant born prematurely, social touch can literally mean the difference
between life and death, for the rest of us, being touched simply reminds us that
we are loved. It is part of us being human. So when you have you given hugs of late?
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