Did you know that sharing your love will lower your stress hormones, cholesterol and blood pressure as well as boost your immune system?
To get all these benefits, though, you need to express your love, not just feel it. You can say “I love you”, write a note or send a text to say “I’m thinking about you”. Hugging, listening and offering to help with chores are all ways of showing your love too.
Just being in the presence of someone who greets you with a smile and is glad to see you, can lower your levels of adrenaline and cortisol, when you’re having one of those days when everything’s going wrong, and create a greater state of neurochemical balance – meaning you’ll feel better both physically and mentally.
Did you also know that when you feel secure in yourself and in your relationships, your stress levels go down?
Making it a habit to share your love and be compassionate towards others (as well as yourself) will even protect you against the effects of stress as people with more affection in their lives produce more oxytocin when they’re stressed than their counterparts.
Basically, the more affectionate you are, the less stressed you’ll even be able to get.
When you’re generous with your affection, your body will produce much less cortisol and your blood pressure won’t spike as high as if you’re more withheld. Funny how Mother Nature do dat!
Read this article to get some ideas on how you can spread the love! 🥰
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