I was watching the World News tonight on ABC in which they did a special on the effects of relationships in the hospital. The reporters stated that doctors all over the country are witnesses to close relationships causing patient recovery. These close relationships are known to be a spouse in the hospital, a child, or a parent trying to recover. It is thought that the physical touch to a person bound to a hospital bed lowers the person's stress as positive hormones are released. Also, as they lay there in a physical crisis, lacking the ability to be productive, they feel someone wants them. Someone cares enough to touch them, be at their side, and has hope in things turning around.
Researchers found a 32% difference between those who had loved ones visit them and those who did not in their likely-hood to recover.
Most of us aren't bound to a hospital bed. That's a good thing. However, we all have stress and go through periods that lack the euphoria that seem to be only in commercials. Should we go through everything alone? Or should we embrace our relationships knowing that others want positive things in our lives?
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