Dear noname:

Good to read from you. I am fine although still recovering from a foot injury, almost a month ago.

Regarding the real, biological need of all social animals to be touched: touch is a physical sensation, a stimulation of the skin that is sent to the brain and involves feel-good chemicals getting released.

Did you try, when alone, to gently hug yourself? I have, in the past and it worked for me.

How about a hot tub, if available to you, or a hot shower, feeling the hot water on your skin (this is also a stimulation to the skin that causes a release of feel good chemicals)?

anita