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#578 - Dr Robert Waldinger - Lessons From The World's Longest Study On Happiness
Modern Wisdom
How Do Relationships Reduce Stress?
There is a maximum speed that you can stroke somebody's arm at in order to release the amount of oxytocin. We have around our body still got the upper bound that is set by when we were furry apes or the speed at which you would be able to pick and groom the people around you. So the oxytocin release that you get from paired grooming occurs within this particular window for stroking. Not only calms us down, but enhances our well-being, our sense of connectedness. And we believe that that then has these positive protective effects.
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