Hugs Make You Happier
May 10, 2009 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Cute Rx, Easy Health Tips, Happy Living Tip
MSNBC reported the other day that ‘thanks to the swine flu, there’s a little less hugging and kissing [going on] in the United States’. They base this on a recent Harvard survey that found about 1 in 10 Americans have stopped hugging, kissing, and even shaking hands because of swine flu concerns.
Sounds pretty extreme and probably not all that good for your health. Hugging, after all, makes people happier. And happier people will often be healthier people.
Hugging, a simple physical expressions of affection, improves and strengthen peoples connections and relationships with other people and themselves.
Hugging, even in the time of swine flu H1N1 flu, is good for you.
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