Why oxytocin hormone levels affect your happiness as you get older
New research has found our oxytocin levels increase as we get older, leading to greater life satisfaction.
But, according to new research, there’s a very simple way to boost your satisfaction – and it’s all to do with your hormones., found that a chemical in our brains called oxytocin, often referred to as the ‘love hormone’ or the ‘cuddle hormone’, is released when we perform acts of kindness – and what’s more, our body releases more of it as we get older, making us feel more fulfilled as we age.
The research, which measured over 100 healthy people aged 18 to 99, found that on average our levels of gratitude and ‘empathetic concern’ rise as we get older because our oxytocin levels increase. It’s the first study of its kind to establish that people release more of the hormone as they get older.
On average our levels of gratitude and ‘empathetic concern’ rise as we get older because our oxytocin levels increase, according to the new study.
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