Love changes which genes turn on and off in your body. Supportive relationships activate repair genes while conflict triggers inflammatory ones. Even cuddling alters your epigenome, making connection a literal biological healer.
Why is love such a strong healer? Love is medicine. It's the same reason that community is, the same reason belonging is, is because, you know, when we have a deep connection relation with someone, it literally changes our gene expression. So if you're in a loving connection with someone, yes, it's this whole scientific field of sociogenomics, right? How our social relationships affect our genes. And we know if you're in a conflictual relationship, you will turn on genes of inflammation which cause disease and aging. If you are in a loving, connected, heart-centered relationship, you are activating all the repair genes. You literally, through cuddling, can change your epigenome.
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