How ‘social drunkenness’ makes the group hug irresistible …

“That group hug like with ‘Big Brother’, don’t let me do that, ‘said Sven firmly at the start of the first episode of’ De Mol ‘. But less than an hour later, when it turned out that no one had to go home, he was the first hugger. As with soccer players scoring a goal, the urge seemed greater than his aversion to group hugs. And that, according to experts, has all to do with the euphoria of the moment.

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“It can happen to the most reserved of us,” says psychiatrist Dirk de Wachter. According to the Guardian, the euphoria ensures that, despite our determination not to hug, we suddenly …

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