The Beatles might have been right that all we need is love.
It’s certainly very beneficial to our mental health, according to an article in Psychiatry Advisor. The article talks about the book A General Theory Of Love, which gets back to what Mr. Orlans and Dr. Levy write about so often:
“Our nervous systems are not separate or self-contained; beginning in earliest childhood, the areas of our brain identified as the limbic system (hippocampus, amygdala, anterior thalamic nuclei, and limbic cortex) is affected by those closest to us (limbic resonance) and synchronizes with them (limbic regulation) in a way that has profound implications for personality and lifelong emotional health.”
Love, and secure attachment, provide protective barriers to mental illness. Positive social experiences, often that involve love, are shown to be associated with lower levels of the consequences of chronic stress.
