When you don’t get enough touch, you can start to feel ill at ease, blue, lonely, stressed, and perhaps listless. Not receiving touch when you have a need for it is like a flower that’s drooping from lack of water – you’re surviving but not necessarily thriving.
The skin is the largest organ in your body and it makes sense that just like other organs, the skin sends signals to your brain.
When you are touched in a pleasant way, your brain releases the “love hormone” oxytocin. This neurotransmitter affects bonding behavior and social recognition.