Amazing things can happen with just a simple touch, like holding someone’s hand. Research has shown that the human touch can relive anxiety, reduce fear, and decrease the perception of physical pain. In times of stress, a touch can positively impact hormones in the brain’s hypothalamus, the area that controls emotions, particularly stress and threat perceptions. While the entire pharmaceutical industry is trying to accomplish all the aforementioned affects synthetically, but you have to ask—why don’t doctors prescribe human contact instead?
The benefits of human touch
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