'Love heals a wound better than Aloe Vera gel.'
Do you agree or disagree?
And why. Tell us in the comments.
Because mental and emotional wounds are much deeper than sunburn..or scrapes
First we have to establish the efficacy of aloe vera. Different medical journals claim mild benefit (mainly for cutaneous injuries), no benefit, or even delayed wound healing (mainly when used at surgical sites, such as a study done with cesarean section healing at the University of Southern California).
So given the choice between love and aloe after sustaining a serious injury, I might be more inclined to take the love, because even if the benefit were negligible, it's better than the potentially detrimental effect of rubbing aloe into my wounds.
But the benefit of love is not negligible. Of course we'd need to define love. But a metastudy titled "The Impact of Psychological Stress on Wound Healing: Methods and Mechanisms", published in the Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America revealed that "psychological stress can have a substantial and clinically relevant impact on wound repair." So naturally anything that would diminish psychological stress (i.e., affection) would yield observable benefit.
Further, the study "Microbial Symbionts Accelerate Wound Healing via the Neuropeptide Hormone Oxytocin" published in PLOS One showed that oxytocine - the very chemical our brains release when we hug, kiss, etc. - accelerates wound healing.
TL;DR: affectionate behavior is scientifically proven to be more effective than aloe vera when it comes to severe wound healing.
Ok, im a loser on this one. My wife says im not a romantic. My thoughts are, i can love you from another state, but you have a burn, you better use the Aloe Vera gel. My across the state love want cause that burn pain to go away. Ok, you can shoot me...lol
I would, @BucketlistBob, if i wasn't sworn to non-violence.
I'm going into mom role here and I think there may be a few others out there. I disagreed because a small wound in a child will be healed with medical treatment such as ointment or ice but the emotional wound will be healed with a kiss and a cuddle. Ice cream and cookies to follow.
Yes, we can use them both.
Good stuff is everywhere.
If the question is metaphorical...love can heal psychological wounds better than aloe vera
Love and Aloe Vera gel would treat totally different kinds of wounds. Love would heal emotional wounds, while Aloe Vera would heal physical wounds. It's an irrelevant (B.S.) comparison because the two have virtually no overlap in purpose.
At that level, i agree, it is BS.
Interestingly there is no such thing as "love" as an emotion. We confuse other real emotions and then "interpret" those into this "love" thingamajig.
Silly little endorphins. Lust, want, desire, fear of loosing, fulfillment of inner insecurities...... yep! But not LOVE.....
And the only CURE is TIME....
You just stated that there is no such thing as love, then went on to describe exactly what love is. An emotion made up of other emotions.
@resoluterecovery and @Paul628, i have quoted you in my new post, hope it's okay with you. If not, let me know, i'll delete the post.