"Happiness is finding a chocolate bar you forgot you had."
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"Does hugs make you trust a person more?" I mumbled as go through my laptop and type the phrases at the search engine.
I'm quite not sure if Levi is just a good psychologist or he is simply a weird man. I stare at my laptop's screen as I wait for the results to load. Few more seconds, the result went out. There are quite a few related articles, I opened one of them.
"When you hug someone for twenty seconds or more, it triggers a release of the neurotransmitter oxytocin, which can help make the other person trust you a little more. While many people think oxytocin is a hormone, it is actually a neurotransmitter, acting within the brain to help it process information and feelings. Several surveys have been conducted to understand the role of this neurotransmitter in life especially in terms of faith, trust and morality, where it seems to play a role." - Crazyfacts.com
"A hug can be known as the in the world because if you embrace and hold you partner for more than 20 seconds a day, you feel much better in life no matter what kind of a situation or problem you are in. It helps in lowering the risk of heart diseases. Hugging also kicks off stress from your life and keeps you away from fatigue attacks, which occur when you are in the midst of the worst phase of your life or mid-life crisis." Mindblowing-facts.org
I cupped my chin in amusement, this is interesting. I supposed Levi was not lying when he says, hugs can make us trust a person more. Though I think it varies. I clicked on another article.
"Hugging is good for you, but only with someone you know very well."
I knew it.
"Hugging strangers can have the opposite effect, as neurophysiologist Jürgen Sandkühler, Head of the Centre for Brain Research at the Medical University of Vienna, points out in anticipation of "National Hug Day" on 21st January 2013."
I continued reading through the article.
"The positive effect only occurs, however, if the people trust each other, if the associated feelings are present mutually and if the corresponding signals are sent out," says Sandkühler. "If people do not know each other, or if the hug is not desired by both parties, its effects are lost." - medicalxpress.com
I paused for a while in recollection of what had happened earlier. Cupping my cheeks as I remember myself being engulfed in a bear hug with Levi and the kids. I felt a sudden warmth in my heart.
"Hmmm, well.." I said to myself resigning to the idea. "I guess it will work well with the kids, Levi had established a deep connection between them. He is not wrong there."
"But - - - how about me?" still talking to myself with a bit of confusion.
The flashbacks of the lightly dimmed park filled my mind, with Levi gently holding both my arms and slowly pulling himself closer to me. Drawing me in a hug that feels soft and gentle. It was calm and serene, strange yet familiar. It's a feeling that I've known, but in the course of time forgotten. It was like finding a cherished bar of chocolate, I forgot I had. It felt - - comforting. I felt comforted.
I blinked with the thought. Levi and I are strangers! What Am' I thinking?
I instantly closed my laptop and shooed the thoughts away.
I 'am the weird one here, I 'am.
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