I recently split up with my girlfriend and am now considering monk mode/ghosting, whatever.

I've been reading about the human desire for touch and it seems to be individuals who go without for too long become a little unstable.

Does anyone have any advice on how to remove this need or satiating it? I just want to focus on my goals of making money and ignoring these primal needs. I can satiate the desire for human interaction just by having a quick voice call online periodically.

But the desire for skin to skin contact is a mystery to me. I was reading about this topic on an independent article. I don't have any pets. I don't really want any. I tried ant keeping but I got bored. I grew up with pets and they just seem like a responsibility that I don't want to have in my life.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/touch-skin-hunger-hugs-coronavirus-lockdown-isolation-c-tactile-afferent-nerve-a9501676.html