Free Hugs: Stranger Buddies OBJECTIVES 1. To offer free hugs to strangers in public setting and delivers a message that hugs a person is not an embarrassing action or an action to begin negative relationships, but a positive behavior of showing care and loves to make others feel better and the heart feel warmer 2. To reach out and hug a stranger to brighten up their live. 3. To allow any and every member of the community to feel embraced, not only in the literal sense, but also respected for who they are regardless of any preconceived notions. MATERIALS 1. Cardboard/folder used to draw attention to promote free hugs 2. Marker used to write on the folder “Free Hugs” 3. Video camera/phone used to record the activity for documentations. PARTICIPANTS …show more content…
George Vaillant. Oxytocin is the hormone responsible for all sorts of interpersonal bonding and attachment between parents and children or romantic partners. Thus, hugging really lowers stress and the negativity that peoples experiences. Hugging also helps improve immune system. This however takes effect when you hug a person whom you trust. According to a neurophysiologist, Jürgen Sandkühler, a hug would lose its effects if the person hugging you is a complete stranger who you do not trust, if the associated feelings are present mutually and if the corresponding signals are sent out, or if the hug is not desired by both parties. When we receive unwanted hugs from strangers or even people we know, the hormone oxytocin is not released and anxiety levels rise. When this happens, stress rises and the hormone cortisol …show more content…
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To fully understand stress management, one must understand the natural stress response. When a person encounters a perceived threat, the hypothalamus, a tiny region located at the base of the brain, sets off an alarm in their body. Through a combination of both nerve and hormonal signals, the system prompts their adrenal glands, located at the top of the kidneys, to release a surge of hormones which include adrenaline and cortisol. The adrenaline causes an increase in the heart rate, thus causing an increase in the blood pressure and energy supplies of the individual. Cortisol, which is the primary stress hormone, creates an increase in sugars which are known as glucose in the bloodstream. This enhances the brain’s use of glucose and decreases the availability of substances that help repair tissues. This alarm system also communicates with regions of the brain that control moods, motivation, and fear. Once the perceived threat has p...
Why is it that something as seemingly innocent as love and support can prolong life or improve someone's health? Is there any neurological evidence that positive thinking, love, and help can actually stimulate the brain to improve health? And how about the placebo effect? How is it that people can get better subconsciously? It seems that some health improvement can either happen consciously (I-function) as in the case of emotional support, or subconsciously (without the I-function) as in a placebo effect.
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Infant attachment is the first relationship a child experiences and is crucial to the child’s survival (BOOK). A mother’s response to her child will yield either a secure bond or insecurity with the infant. Parents who respond “more sensitively and responsively to the child’s distress” establish a secure bond faster than “parents of insecure children”. (Attachment and Emotion, page 475) The quality of the attachment has “profound implications for the child’s feelings of security and capacity to form trusting relationships” (Book). Simply stated, a positive early attachment will likely yield positive physical, socio-emotional, and cognitive development for the child. (BOOK)
FROM AS FAR BACK as I can remember, I always hated to be hugged. I wanted to experience the good feeling of being hugged, but it was just too overwhelming. …
As an individual within a greater community, I know that I am just one piece to the whole. Each individual person within a community makes up one part of the entire thing. It is each individual’s actions that make that community what it is. In every community that I am in, I am an active member who cares about each member. I want the best for my community and will do whatever I can to make it a positive atmosphere for everyone. Community is such an important aspect in life, and everyone should be able to have the chance to experience
This article addresses the actions that cause people to feel loved. In a survey of male and
Seeking physical, intellectual, or emotional closeness with others seems to be a basic need of most people. To feel close to another, to love and feel loved, to experience comradeship, and to care and be cared about are all feelings that most of us wish and need to experience. It is within the family that such feelings are most easily found and shared.
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... in cases of business transactions and social meetings. A hug or embrace can be seen as a sign of affection between friends but this too is prohibited in the Jewish faith.
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Despite how us humans are prone to communication, communication is a complex phenomena. That is why Personal and Scholarly concepts are made, to act as a guide, making communication easy. Personal theories are based on, one’s own observation about how they themself communicate. Scholarly theories and concepts are based on evidence and research. Though the fundamentals of personal and scholarly theory are different, they can often relate to each other. My two personal theories are related to non-verbal communication. While conversing, I have a tendency to avoid eye contact. I usually have to refrain myself from averting my eyes while conversing. My other non-verbal theory is about how I give different types of hugs, depending on the relationship