I really want us to have healthy touch. here  is a great article about the topic. 

Here are a few excerpts from Yale Wolf’s article which is posted on the PS I love you blog.

“We talked about how much our cultural mores played a role in this — it’s socially acceptable to touch an intimate partner, after all, while less so to touch in a non-sexual relationship. Our romanticization of sexual relationships doesn’t help either, with so many books and movies making it seem like you can — and should — get everything you need from one person.”

“I’m convinced what we all need more than anything is touch. We need our wolf pack around us. We need body-to-body support. We need to get that oxytocin flowing.”

“So let’s stop saving all our touch for sexual partners. We deserve more than that. (Especially those of us who are currently single.)”

“Let’s practice intimacy right here, right now with the people who are close to you.”

Here is an article from the wonderful Greater Good Magazine about the health benefits of touch.

 

“But after years spent immersed in the science of touch, I can tell you that they are far more profound than we usually realize: They are our primary language of compassion, and a primary means for spreading compassion.

In recent years, a wave of studies has documented some incredible emotional and physical health benefits that come from touch. This research is suggesting that touch is truly fundamental to human communication, bonding, and health.”