I’ve been healing and getting high on the ‘hug drug’, the ‘tend and befriend’ hormone called Oxytocin. This hormone that our bodies naturally produce is also referred to as the ‘cuddle cure’ since of its tremendous health benefits, which comprehend lowering our blood pressure, raising our pain threshold, boosting our immune system and reducing stress (the precursor and aggravator of most illnesses). It is since of Oxytocin that human beings with pets often heal from illness more quickly, and human beings in cancer support groups have a tendency to live longer — to ‘tend and befriend’ helps us mend.
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