Bathing in social warmth
Physical warmth can substitute for social warmth, helping to thaw solitude’s frigid sting.People try to ward off the chill of loneliness with warm showers or baths, typically without realizing that they’re doing so, say Yale psychologists John Bargh and Idit Shalev.
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