2019-11-01 Cosmopolitan

...Are you doing it rn?

By MIA LARDIERE

t happened

on a Thurs-

day night. I

was lying in

bed watch-

ing my 12th consecu-

tive episode of Schitt’s

Creek when I felt a

hand, a familiar hand,

cupping my left boob.

’Twas my own hand.

Ah yes, ye olde self-

breast cuddle.

I mentioned it on

my Insta Stories (I am

but a humble servant

to shameless TMI),

and the internet basi-

cally said, “Same.”

One person wrote that

the hand-to-boob

position made her feel

as cozy as a squirrel

with its paws on its

chest. Aw. Another

told me she holds hers

because “they’re

warm and squishy

and nice.”

A majority of the

Cosmo Twitter follow-

ers I then decided to

survey, because

selves up.

second (yes, I

stimulates nerves that

trigger the brain’s

pituitary gland to

release oxytocin, a

feel-good hormone

associated with snug-

gling and such, clini-

cal psychologist

Meghan Jablonski,

Ph D, t o l d m e. I t ’s t h e

level of relaxation

and comfort associ-

ated with, say, a fat

glass of wine and an

even fatter lapdog.

Okay, but it still

seems weird that our

digits are naturally

drawn to our breasts?

Not so, says body-

language expert

Blanca Cobb. First

and most obviously,

boobs are easily

accessible to our

hands. And when

we’re relaxed, our

fingers and palms

are slightly curved.

Which means: A

relaxed hand = a

perfect boob nest.

Our chest is also

where we hold a lot

of stress, says Cobb.

Spooning the orna-

ments located in this

feels-packed area

h e l p s us s e t t l e in a n d

let that shit go. We’re

literally...getting

things off our chests.

Heh.

So basically,

boob holding is a

magnificent, stress-

fighting superpower.

Squeeze away. No

one’s judging.

i

Do you ever

find that you’re just...

casually holding

your own boob?

Be

ho

ld:

The

selfb

oobgrab.

Jus

ta

no

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er exa

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ofw

omensupporti

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wo

me

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Pro tip:

BYOBra

you

30 Cosmopolitan November 2019

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