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Hugs can have an indirect impact on the duration and quality of life, because they cause the necessary positive emotions in people, writes RBC based on a survey of experts.
In particular, Tatyana Yanicheva, Candidate of Psychological Sciences, said that hugs from childhood make a person feel secure, reinforce trust in the world around him, other people and himself. “Do hugs prolong life? Perhaps indirectly, causing important and necessary positive emotions, helping to maintain balance, reducing feelings of loneliness or anxiety, ”the specialist added.
In turn, psychologist and family therapist Lena Feigin emphasized that a person needs tactile contact with other people. “Warm friendly hugs, and even more so the hugs of a loved one, give us a surge of positive emotions, an increase in serotonin and endorphins, the so-called hormones of happiness,” the specialist said.
A similar situation, according to her, occurs when a person smiles, “our brain reacts to what physically happens to our body – when a person smiles, even mechanically, the brain receives a signal and starts looking for something positive that is happening around,” she explained. Feigin. According to the psychologist, you need to hug about seven times a day.
Source: Rosbalt
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