Holding hands with someone has all sorts of positive effects.
Here are a few:
- It reduces stress. That's why people grab your hand when watching a scary movie.
- It can actually hit a pressure point in your hand that can ease pain, like headaches and sinus infections.
- Hands are sensitive, so touching something else can have soothing and calming benefits.
- Touching is an effective form of communicating.
- We are biologically programmed to hold hands, which is why newborns immediately grasp a parent's finger.
- It helps with keeping warm.
Source: Seventeen