Coronavirus: Why going without physical touch is so hard
Although most of us can still see and speak to our loved ones, if we don't live with them we can no longer touch them.
"The sort of more intimate touching - arm round the shoulder, a pat on the arm and these kind of things reserved for closer friendships and family members - are really important," he says. They make us feel happier, satisfied and trusting of others.Two friends in Leeds sit apart at a safe distance, before the lockdown came into forcephysical contact with others can reduce the effect of stress.
"I'm a hugger, I hug everybody," says Robin, 57, from her home in Victoria, Australia ."I have lots and lots of friends that I hug, I hug my [now grown-up] kids. It's the one thing I think that I miss the most in all of this."Robyn says she is able to talk to her children and friends regularly, but misses their hugs
Anita Byrne, 47, from Norwich, describes herself as a very tactile - something she puts down to years working in the beauty industry."I don't think you really realise you are [tactile] until it's taken away from you," she says.
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