National Cuddle Up Day 2021: Snuggle Your Way To A Stronger Bond

The crucial components of a healthy relationship are physical and mental intimacy, which we tend to sacrifice due to our hectic schedules.

Stress and the worry of meeting deadlines affect our relationships greatly, sometimes to the extent that couples even consider parting ways. The sole agenda of national cuddle up day is to remind people that snuggling up to the loved ones is crucial to nurturing the relationship.

Cuddling up with your partner in bed isn’t a sexual activity, but it’s the purest nonverbal gesture to give them the cue that you cherish them. Hence, Jan. 6 was designated to be the national cuddle up day to commemorate this beautiful form of communication.

Apart from helping you strengthen your bond, cuddling or embracing your partner has a range of health benefits.

According to WebMD, cuddling relieves stress. When you cuddle someone, you manage to tap into the happy chemical in your body called oxytocin, which enables you to deal with stress better. Hugging someone is also said to improve your heart health, and effectively lessens physical pain of any sort.

Why it is important to cuddle for a happier relationship:

Cuddling increases lust and attraction: An adult requires at least 8 hugs in a day to have the happy hormones coursing through the system. With time, both the male and female partner in the relationship sees their lust wearing thin. Hugging ignites the desire to have frequent sexual encounters which in turn breathes fresh life into the relationship.

Hugging increases mindfulness in a person:

Cuddling helps you live in the present moment and gives the feeling that you are not alone. We all are busy in our selfish pursuit to achieve success and money for which learning to focus is important. Cuddling has proved to be an important tool to increase mindfulness because it boosts our confidence considerably.

Cuddling reduces the fear of death:

Life is full of uncertainties and death is inevitable, but the fear of death is the most irrational feeling most of us have. This fear or better to say anxiety disorder can be cured by simply hitting the 8-hugs-per-day quota.