{"id":7529,"date":"2026-03-24T12:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T11:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hertoghe.eu\/?p=7529"},"modified":"2026-03-24T12:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T11:40:13","slug":"is-oxytocin-the-key-to-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hertoghe.eu\/en\/is-oxytocin-the-key-to-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Oxytocin the key to happiness?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-a53d7ad\" data-block-id=\"a53d7ad\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-a53d7ad-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-d0dcfc9\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"d0dcfc9\"><style>@media screen and (min-width: 768px){.stk-d0dcfc9 {flex:var(--stk-flex-grow, 1) 1 25% !important;}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-d0dcfc9-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-d0dcfc9-inner-blocks\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-47dc05d\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"47dc05d\"><style>@media screen and (min-width: 768px){.stk-47dc05d {flex:var(--stk-flex-grow, 1) 1 50% !important;}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-47dc05d-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-47dc05d-inner-blocks\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hertoghe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Is-Oxytocin-the-key-to-happiness_-EN-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hertoghe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Is-Oxytocin-the-key-to-happiness_-EN-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hertoghe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Is-Oxytocin-the-key-to-happiness_-EN-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hertoghe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Is-Oxytocin-the-key-to-happiness_-EN-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.hertoghe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Is-Oxytocin-the-key-to-happiness_-EN-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hertoghe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Is-Oxytocin-the-key-to-happiness_-EN-2-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/www.hertoghe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Is-Oxytocin-the-key-to-happiness_-EN-2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-9dd128c\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"9dd128c\"><style>@media screen and (min-width: 768px){.stk-9dd128c {flex:var(--stk-flex-grow, 1) 1 25% !important;}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-9dd128c-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-9dd128c-inner-blocks\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Moving, reading, singing, seeing friends, and being cuddled are certainly ways to feel better.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>By doing this, you increase the production in your body of a small molecule called oxytocin, which helps you go from feeling down to feeling good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oxytocin adds pleasure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It makes contact with family members and other loved ones more pleasant and enjoyable. It makes us want to meet them, stay in groups and go to parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oxytocin gradually increases the desire to meet people and reduces the instinctive distrust and coldness typical of people with an oxytocin deficiency. Contacts become easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One experiences a new pleasure, and even happiness in socializing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moving, reading, singing, seeing friends, and being cuddled are certainly ways to feel better. By doing this, you increase the production in your body of a small molecule called oxytocin, which helps you go from feeling down to feeling good. Oxytocin adds pleasure. 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