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Affiliative Touch for Bonding and Calm
Use nonsexual, socially appropriate touch as part of everyday connection with other people. This kind of tactile contact is described as an ancient bonding mechanism that can help counter loneliness and support emotional well-being by reducing anxiety, depression, and despair.
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“it tells us that this is an ancient part of our heritage to building relationships which is actually through social touch right and it's been said and I think reasonably that we're living through an epidemic of the loss of social touch for a lot of good reasons, right? Because of”
huberman · How to Make Better Decisions | Dr. Michael Platt · Feb 17, 2025 · 2:12:30 · open ↗
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