{"id":4153,"date":"2016-03-02T04:44:09","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T12:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/?p=4153"},"modified":"2020-12-31T20:23:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T04:23:24","slug":"link-the-psychology-of-a-hug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2016\/03\/02\/link-the-psychology-of-a-hug\/","title":{"rendered":"Link &#8211; The Psychology of a Hug"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2497,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.psychcentral.com\\\/blog\\\/psychoanalysis-now\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/the-psychology-of-a-hug&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/psychcentral.com\\\/blog\\\/psychoanalysis-now\\\/2016\\\/02\\\/the-psychology-of-a-hug&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It sounds simple; just get a hug a day and you\u2019ll be releasing oxytocin all over the place and you\u2019ll enjoy steady health. The catch is that the above study was done with healthy adults\u2013presumably adults who did not suffer from a major emotional disorder. But what happens if you are unhealthy?<\/p>\n<p>People who suffer from major depression, for example, eschew physical contact. They don\u2019t want to be touched and they don\u2019t want to touch anybody. &#8220;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, this was true of me as well. I didn&#8217;t like being touched. I didn&#8217;t like being hugged. And, I was dealing with depression as an adult, which added to my desire not to be touched, when I probably needed it the most.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m glad to say that isn&#8217;t the case any more, and I do enjoy hugging the people I am close with. 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