The Health Benefits of Cuddling, Connection & Touch Therapy

 

Cuddling is shown to have not only psychological but also proven physical benefits.

 

THE BOTTOM LINE: Human beings are just healthier & happier when they're touched regularly.

 

At times in life, do you find yourself melancholy & depressed? Do you ever feel lonely, longing to talk, cuddle, connect with someone who would presence with you & genuinely listen? Do you find yourself suffering from stress, anxiety - & / or - sleep loss? If you answer "yes" to any of these questions, please take comfort in knowing --- You. Are. NOT. Alone. Countless people lack the contact, companionship, communication, company & cuddling they desire, want & need in their everyday life. Moreover, the need for human touch is a basic need, as essential to the human creature's physiological & psychological wellbeing as clean food, air & water.

 

People in the United States experience particularly higher rates of depression & aggression compared to most other countries. It's nearly reached epidemic levels. This attributes in large part to our insular, fast-paced lifestyles, to telling ourselves we just don't have time, all the while forgetting & neglecting the shared human truth: In order to boost our own health, spirits, morale, we must make time for human interaction. Studies confirm that the lack of human touch is an enormous causative factor in depression.

 

The Power Of Touch & Touch Therapy

Platonic human touch releases oxytocin (*a chemical, "the love hormone," in our brains... The same one elicited in humanity by contact with babies), which is why touch therapy and professional cuddling services have been so successful. Oxytocin plays a major role in lowering blood pressure, lowering stress levels, reducing social anxiety, helping to relieve pain, and protecting against inflammation, which is said to make us age faster! Snuggling is an extremely important part of life that is considerably undervalued. It helps us grow mentally and physically because of the chemical changes it causes in the body.

 

Human beings thrive on contact. Professional cuddling, contact, companionship & connection prove Cuddletopia's specialities. We provide clients with an alternative therapy - created with the sole purpose to help relieve everyday stress, depression & anxiety by the simple act of human interaction. Whether it's through cuddling, connecting, companioning or conversing, all individuals deserve to experience health & happiness.

 

Below, discover a comprehensive list of the benefits - nay, beneficial side effects - inherent in cuddling et al., benefits engendered by the release of healthy bio-neurochemicals --- oxytocin, dopamine, serotonin & the inhibition of cortisol.

 

List of Benefits of Touch Therapy

• Decreased stress (*which is cumulative & decreases one's lifespan) & increased relaxation

• Lessened depression

• Lessened anxiety & social anxiety

• Improved social skills

• Repairs stress related damage to the heart

• Improved self-esteem

• Improved sleep

• Lowered blood pressure and heart rate

• Reduced risk of heart disease

• Improved immune system & faster recovery

• Protection against inflammation & oxidative stress

• Pain relief & raised pain threshold

• Reduced drug cravings

• Lessened PTSD

 

The Detriments of Touch Deprivation

On the other hand, touch deprivation is related to lower self-esteem and depression. Research has shown that “people who do not receive adequate amounts of touch develop various communication problems from reduced learning of speech (Thayer, 1986) to aggression (Field, 2002a).” 

 

Researchers have observed monkeys in artificially partial isolation (*... while the monkeys could see, smell, hear and interact with other monkeys - physical contact between the monkeys was NOT permitted). The researchers found the partial isolation resulted in various difficulties and abnormalities --- from staring blankly to self-mutilation. (Harry Harlow 1960).

 

... Just A Few of The Additional Benefits Derived from Calling Upon Our Cuddle-Companions For Your Daily Dose of:

 

• Healing Human Connection 

• Conversation

• Companionship

• Touch

 

1. EASE. No headaches, no hassles, no worries ! Just schedule, show up, enjoy & then bid your Cuddle-Companion farewell - 'til next time.

2. HiGH Quality. Cuddletopia's Cuddle Companions undergo significant screening (*for safety) & training - including training in the arts of: Creative Cuddling, Compassionate Communication, Imago Listening, the Power of Authenticity & Vulnerability, Shame-Busting Skills & Kind, Caring Companionship... iN SHORT: Our standards are set to "High," so your pleasure gauge can run at its highest.

3. Available 24 / 7, infinitely repeating --- more often than your friends      --- & bearing both skills & willingness even your closest & best friends may not possess or share.

4. Be Listened To; Be HEARD --- by compassionate, warm listeners with non-judgmental ears & unconditional positive regard to share.

5. Confidentiality ! Tears, Joy, Wonder, Worry, Pleasure, Need... They're ALL welcome here; all may enter to be met, embraced, held, cherished, witnessed.

6. Safety ! Sadly, free cuddling apps CAN bring with them an element of danger. Not so, at Cuddletopia. With the multiple levels of screening, training & redundant safety measures we employ, safety's one of the top most values which we've designed our systems to serve.

7. Make up for lost time, for the deficits of touch in your childhood & past. Cuddletopians offer a viable means by which to heal some of the emotional pain associated with (*whether a lifetime of or a period of) touch deprivation & care, by providing you with safe, reliable, predictable, trustworthy & wholesome cuddles, conversation & companionship.

8. GiFT CERTiFiCATES: You can even hire someone to hug & snuggle with your parents --- whether they've recently lost their loved one, whether they're alone too much, whether they're in care homes, or, simply in the event you're not near enough to hug & cuddle them with your own arms & love on them in person.

 

Now... Read On, to Learn EVERYTHiNG You Can About the Benefits of Touch, Connection, Cuddling, Companionship --- And then, Create Your Own Free Online Account to Book Your First Official Session with a Cuddletopian Cuddle-Companion & thereby Reap & Receive ALL the Benefits for Yourself.