Why Are Hugs Comforting?

You know those times when u're just so down that u don't feel like doing anything at all?
Times when u've just got so much on ur mind but u can't tell anybody?
Times when u just sit, stare blankly at the ceiling and tears just fall down like that?
Times when u want to just hide under the blanket and escape from the world?
Times when u scream into ur pillow so that nobody would hear u?
Times when u feel like u want to be alone . . .
Just for a moment. .
BUT. .

someone offers u a hug. .
suddenly, u just let it all out. .
cry ur heart out even though no words have been spoken. .
just holding on so tightly and u've no idea what's running through ur mind at that moment. .
the "hugger" pats u on the back or head and tries to either comfort u or just be there for u. .
THEN. .
u'll just stop crying whether after an hour, half an hour, or just a couple of minutes. .

The next thing u know, u'll feel so much better. .
WHY ARE HUGS COMFORTING?
Is it because we feel that there is someone out there that cares for us?
or someone out there who will want to be there for us?
or just because there is just someone who is there at that moment and is concerned bout us?

Well, let's try a different scenario. .
Sometimes when we're just sooo down, we tend to hug a bolster or maybe a teddy bear. .
Just hug it sooo tightly. .
cry. .
or maybe fall asleep while crying. .

Owh wait. . hugs are even comforting when we're nervous or scared. .
Well, I'm not sure if its a general thing but I hug stuff when I'm scared. .
Like when I watch horror movies, I hug pillows and whoever that is sitting beside me (my friend that is. . ><)
Just grab onto an arm and hide behind it somehow. .
I dont know but somehow it's kind of a natural reaction to me. .
Even when I'm nervous. .
For example, I'll hug my bag or my book when I'm waiting outside the exam hall. .
Thoughts of "oh no" and "oh shit" keeps running through my mind. .

PHEW. .

ehem. .
soooo. .
WHY ARE HUGS COMFORTING?
Go figure. .


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