Depending on the person there may be varying answers, people with a physical touch love language may want a lot more compared to those who hate hugs.
Therapist Virginia Satir stated that we require 8 hugs a day, specifically 4 for survival, 8 for maintenance and 12 for growth.
Hugs can improve your mental health, and the connection with another person can boost your dopamine levels. It has also been noted that hugs have the benefit of decreasing stress and anxiety. Alongside this loneliness levels can also decrease.
Going a long time without physical touch has the potential to impact our relationships with people.
From this, we can see hugs to be very beneficial forms of connection which can justify the 8 hugs a day we need. Going a long time without physical touch has the potential to impact our relationships with people. They have the power to improve our relationships with people and to often feel closer to them.
The COVID pandemic was an especially hard time for people as millions were without the physical connections of others. Many shared their struggles during these times as there was a lack of connection with people after a hard day.
This can also be a difficult element for those in long-distance relationships, yet technology can allow you to make things easier it does not compare to physical touch. Long distance often involves a countdown to the next time you can hug your significant other because it’s something people enjoy and look forward to.
Most people probably do not receive the amounts of hugs recommended in a day, I would personally suggest morning and night hugs as probably the best ones.
If you don’t have a significant other to get these hugs from don’t stress, get them from friends, family and even better your pets!
