2023 Author: Alex Livingston | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-11-26 11:39
All of us will have happened to return home with nerves on the surface or with a good dose of stress, caused by work, children, commitments …
And how many times has our beloved cat come to welcome us and a cuddle made us smile and made us ward off negative thoughts for a moment?
Studies have found that just the presence of a cat or a dog is enough to decrease cortisol levels. In fact, cortisol is the hormone that causes stress. And that's not all. In fact, it lowers cortisol, but it increases dopamine. That is a neurotransmitter that allows us to feel calm and safe. It also helps your heart rate stay regular.
And then, listen, listen, another experiment has shown that the love of an animal removes stress and daily tensions much more effectively than a husband or wife.
This was demonstrated with the following experiment:
240 couples were taken and they were subjected to different types of stress. The stress was both physical, such as dipping your hand for two minutes in freezing water, and psychological, ie solving mathematical problems of a certain complicity.
The heart rate and blood pressure of each of the participants were then measured. Scholars have been able to observe two different types of situations:
- The anxiety and tension did not decrease if the partner or spouse was present, on the contrary the participant made mathematical errors more easily
- The anxiety and tension decreased if a pet was present next to the participant
In conclusion, therefore, it can be said that an animal, be it cat or dog, fish or canary, helps to reduce tension and stress, much better than a partner or spouse.
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