I am not suppossed to be here - I have decided to take time out and have a break! I have been searching for alternatives to meds.......

Anyway, your thread - OMG!
Great thread!

I think that physical human interaction is so important - it is for me.

I am single (5months), and I miss being touched terribly. To feel strong arms around me cocooning me from the world for a brief moment. To feel the heat of another person. To feel and hear their heartbeat as though it is whispering sweet nothings to me and only me. I miss being hugged, I miss it!

Being hugged by a close friend is good and warm and loving, but it does not feel the same or have the same effect as a true loved one!

When I am hugged I feel:

I feel loved! I feel important! I feel wanted! I feel needed! I feel safe! I feel alive! I feel I exist! I feel lovable! I feel worhty! I feel connected! I feel everytihng will be Okay!........I just feel and that is so important!

Yes, I feel it is detrimental not to be hugged or shown a physical response in terms of how we feel about another person. I practiced hugging my son from the moment he was born as I was not! I knew I had to get used to the sensation so that I could make him feel connected. It is a gift to be able to touch another in a gentle and loving manner.

Spirit (hugging all of you with much love and warmth ) x