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Amazing Facts About Cuddling

By Bridget
11 July 2016   |   10:06 am
When you’re so in love, there is a feel good feeling that goes with it. This feel-good hormone makes you feel euphoric causing your body to experience the release of oxytocin (a kind of hormone). The hormones released in this course helps you fight infection, boost your immune system, relieve stress and all. Here are…

When you’re so in love, there is a feel good feeling that goes with it. This feel-good hormone makes you feel euphoric causing your body to experience the release of oxytocin (a kind of hormone). The hormones released in this course helps you fight infection, boost your immune system, relieve stress and all.

Here are a few facts about cuddling you need to know

  1. Cuddling helps to deepen your relationships.

Chris Riotta; a staff writer at Mic while sharing his thoughts about cuddling says; “One of the most important things he looks for in a relationship is someone who will make the perfect cuddle buddy…in which case, it’s not as important to him what your relationship is like with your parents, what you do for a living or how dingy your apartment is. If you know how to be the spoon of his dreams, you have already unlocked the key to his heart”.

Amaizing Facts About Cuddling

This is the case with many of us as well—that emotional connection and what it does to our health. More still, after a hectic day at work, one which you can’t stop thinking about the worrisome things that transpired, you can’t wait to get home because there is someone waiting to yield a listening ear plus a warm hug; it really goes a long way to make us feel better as it in turn strengthens the bond we both share with our partners or close friends.

  1. It helps you sleep better

When you’re not so anxious, you’re more likely to snooze at a reasonable hour, says Terri Orbuch, Ph.D., author of Finding Love Again.

Amaizing Facts About Cuddling

Cuddling as couples—whether it’s just for 10 minutes before turning your backs to each other again triggers your body to release chemicals that help you bond with your partner. The magic ingredient oxytocin aptly nicknamed the cuddle chemical has myriad benefits. It relieves pain, boosts your immune system, and relieves stress–and here’s the best—it can even help you sleep.

  1. Cuddling helps women bond.

Have you ever heard the term “oxytocin” in relation to childbirth and breastfeeding? It’s because this chemical doesn’t just inspire good feelings between couples—it also works for women and their babies. Oxytocin helps relax the mother, so that breastfeeding may come more easily. It also enables sleep, even when the mother might have difficulty sleeping with new-born babies in the house.

Amaizing Facts About Cuddling

  1. Cuddling reduces social anxiety.

Oxytocin inspires positive thinking. It helps you have an optimistic outlook on the world. Which means when you get a hug right as you arrive at the party where you only know one person, you’re going to feel happier and more social going in. You’ll feel like you can charm everyone at the party. And with oxytocin coursing through your system, you will!

  1. Cuddling lowers your risk of heart disease.

Yup—oxytocin again! All the benefits listed above add together to mean less stress, less anxiety, lower blood pressure and—you got it—a lower risk of heart disease! Because your heart is happier and not working as hard to combat the effects of stress and sickness, you’ll be healthier and live longer.

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