Psychology about couple holding each other’s hand

Yesterday I had a rendezvous with a member of United Nations in Candies restaurant at Pali Hill.

For those who don’t know about Pali Hill, it’s a place in Bandra & Bandra is a small place in Mumbai city & Mumbai is the biggest city of India.

Seeing young men & women as a couple & holding each other’s hand is common in Bandra as many colleges are located there & it’s close to Mumbai’s seashore. While going & returning to Candies restaurant I saw many couples holding each other’s hands.

Although I’ve seen couple holding each other’s hand many times but I became inquisitive yesterday about the Psychology of hand holding while my friend was shopping earrings.

The thoughts that came in my mind were that our body has many nerves & many nerve endings are in our hands. Holding hand may stimulate the nerve endings. The stimulation can be pleasant or painful.

If it’s pleasant then brain releases oxytocin. Oxytocin is a chemical that hypothalamus in brain produces. Oxytocin makes people feel good. It also lowers the stress hormone levels. It relaxes the body, improves mood & pain tolerance. Oxytocin also acts on the dopamine reward system & brain releases dopamine. The release of dopamine gives immense pleasure thus couple hold each other’s hand.