We think of touch as something sentimental. A nice-to-have.

But it’s more fundamental than that.

Touch regulates stress, communicates safety, and anchors us to each other.

Its absence isn’t neutral. It frays our social fabric.

We think of touch as something sentimental. A nice-to-have.

But it’s more fundamental than that.

Touch regulates stress, communicates safety, and anchors us to each other.

Its absence isn’t neutral. It frays our social fabric.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/a-world-without-touch-is-a-world-without-trust/