Posted by allisonross on October 27, 2005, at 12:20:21
In reply to Re: hugs in general (ramble alert!), posted by caraher on October 27, 2005, at 9:00:15
Hi! Pretty new here. I would sure like to get that hug, LOL, LOL! I am sorry about what your mother did to you. Perhaps I should take my own advice (of gettin g onesself out of onesself), and go to a nursing home, where those people are so touch-deprived.
I read somewhere that as humans, we all need at least 16 hugs a day for basic mental health.
See? So that is why we have such a crabby, angry world!
I just posted (can't find it), called: Finally Rethinking the Prohibition on touch in Psychotherapy. My eyes were opened wide, cause they said everything I have been thinking. Touch is basic to human life and healing. here is the site: www.drozur.com/touchintherapy.html
I think everyone that reads it will jump up and down and yell: Yes, yes, yes.....just common sense stuff. Every therapist should be required to have that kind of training.
If you want to read my story, I was published (amazingly) with the psychs! www.psychiatricjournal.com. Entitled: The Transcendent Child on Overcoming Verbal and Spiritual Abuse
So nice to meet you here! Here is a great big HUG from me! Allison
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