How do you respond to animals? Those nerves I was talking about fire up in contact with anything or anyone, it does not have to be a person and yes it can even be yourself gently touching your arm. Sure, it is better when someone else does it but there is a reason why we automatically put our hand and gently rub the part of our body that is hurting. I believe that these nerves have a lot to do with it too. Psychologically speaking, associating hugging with victim mentality can be considered an issue so you should probably work on that and it is a vicious circle when you start being self-conscious about not liking huggs. My hubby is not a huggy person either but we are slowly (12 years and counting hihi) working on it and introducing 4 hugs a day. The important part is that you do not feel pressured to do what you do not like doing and as long as you are fine with something than it should be fine with others too. Like I have said in the post, we are different and what is normal for one may seem crazy to another. You will hug or hug more when you will want to or have a desire to and as long as you are enjoying your social life and relationships with other humans, this is really not a problem at all so you have nothing to worry about. 💚