Psychology Today posted an interesting article on human touch (1). The article considers 'Eight reasons why we need human touch more than ever' using a 200 year old discovery of a boy who had deprived of human touch and consequently had 'retarded his social and developmental capacities'. The 8 reasons cover decreased violence, greater trust between individuals, economic gain, … [Read more...]
Pets and stroke theory
Eric Berne defined a stroke as one unit of recognition. In order to understand this definition fully I like to ask the question "How do you know you exist?" To help you along with this question, just imagine for a moment that you were completely invisible. You exist but nobody can hear, see, or feel you. How long do you think it would take before you changed your view about … [Read more...]