Tampa (BLOOM) – When it comes to human relationships, intimacy is a key component that fosters deeper connections and emotional bonds. Physical touch, in particular, plays an important role in ...

Touch deprivation is a real problem. Here’s how to navigate it and protect your mental health. Touch starvation, also known as touch deprivation or “skin hunger,” refers to experiencing a chronic lack ...

Every woman dreams of a softer ending; grandchildren's arms wrapped around her, a long-awaited trip with her partner when the house finally quiets, and the freedom to embrace without worrying who ...

If you could reach out for anyone’s hand right now, whose would it be? The small, sticky squeeze of your just-walking niece? Maybe it’s the interlocked fingers of a successful fourth date, the stroke ...

You know that feeling at the end of the day when you rest your head on your partner’s shoulder and everything feels better? Or when you get a sense of love and support from a big hug or walking down ...

Its been five years of touch starvation. I’ll probably have some more years of it. I’m not handling this well. Lisbeth continued, “I feel like I’m dying from touch starvation, y’all. I don’t get hugs.

We’ve reached the point in quarantine where we are all weary. This is a marathon, not a sprint, and our nerves are becoming frayed, the unknown is taking its toll, and none of us are at our best.

Even if you’re not a hug person, you’ve got to admit that it can sometimes be nice to make contact with people that you care about. And if you’re in a relationship in which you and your partner are ...

So, you have recently discovered that your wife or girlfriends’ love language is physical touch. What are you going to do next? Author Gary Chapman’s book, The 5 Love Languages, is a good place to ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." IF YOU FIND yourself craving extra cuddles, hankering for a random hookup, or nuzzling against your pooch ...

If you asked any of my friends and family, they’d tell you that they would never have expected me—who’s often closed-off and guarded—to be the mushy-gushy or touchy-feely one in a relationship. And ...