Studies have linked a lack of physical contact to feelings of loneliness, depression, anxiety and low self-esteem. It can spike cortisol — the body’s primary stress hormone — and lead to sleep issues, ...

" When I was a kid, occasionally my dad would whisper in my ear, and I would get the most intense ASMR tingles down my spine. I was always really curious why that was. Is it certain frequencies?

She’d whisper in my ear, I couldn’t understand, but she’d whisper and she’d lean down. And actually breathe on me to make sure there was a connection, a human connection.’ Whispering and heavy ...