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Ok. Not sure how that works but i guess. If it’s a non platonic hug then it won’t be called a hug. I thought hug by its definition is meant to be platonic. A hug is basically 1 gesture.
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Then what would that be???
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I don’t know i’ve not experienced what is officially a “non platonic” hug.
A non platonic hug is more like an intense cuddle, an intense/affectionate hug or grope or something. Or it would be called an embrace.
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Intense cuddle can be a platonic hug. 
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Really? Maybe a simple cuddle but not an intense cuddle. I don’t think so in most cases. A cuddle implies that it is of longer duration, that you are very familiar with the person, you have to enjoy the company of the person and it is more informal. Hug is more equal act than cuddle.
Do many female-female friends or male-male friends cuddle in India/Pakistan? If it’s platonic then it would happen that way.
Anyway this is what google says and google is mostly right 
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Difference Between Hug and Cuddle | Difference Between | Hug vs Cuddle
Both of these actions are actions of love, support, joy, and sometimes expression of the fact that you trust someone even if you are in pain. Both of these actions are very similar yet different.Hug
Hugging is generally a group thing or between two people who are familiar with each other. When you know somebody, you hug the other person as a greeting or as a sign of acceptance. The act of hugging is basically a simple physical contact, a very brief physical contact when you wrap your arms around another person’s neck or waist, maybe squeeze a little bit, and then break away. The most important characteristic of a hug is it is a brief encounter, a brief contact.
A hug is a form of physical intimacy which is not offensive to most of the modern cultures. It is accepted as normal and can be done publicly also. Many societies or cultures still do not accept it between the opposite genders in public, but it is very much accepted between an adult and a child.
Hugging has to be mutual; both the parties equally in a hug and are receptive equally.
Cuddle
To cuddle is a type of physical intimacy where two people embrace each other for a long time; they hold each other closely, longer than a hug. This act can be between a mother and child where the mother holds her baby and sits for a long time while the child falls asleep, or if the child is anxious, then she holds it till it feels the warmth of the body of the mother, feels safe and calms down. Cuddling can be between two partners where two people who are very familiar with each other and like or love each other sit or lie down for a long time just holding each other. This act also expresses love, familiarity, and trust.
Cuddling might not be acceptable in public and may be treated as a taboo in many cultures especially between a man and a woman.
Though cuddling is a mutual act between two people, it is possible that one can be just receiving it while the other person is just embracing or cuddling.Summary:
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1.A hug is a brief embrace between two or more people; a cuddle is a long embrace between two people.
2.Hugging is usually accepted in almost all cultures publicly; cuddling is looked down upon as a “public display of affection” in even the most modern cultures.
3.A hug is mutual. Cuddling could be mutual or one person can receive it while the other gives it.**
Intense cuddle cannot equal a platonic hug but a platonic cuddle may be equal to an intense hug.
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Cuddling helps cure depression…
Oxytocin To Help With Depression - Prevention.com
While it’s too early to say for sure, some good news may be on the horizon for the estimated 11 percent of Americans currently taking antidepressants: A chemical called oxytocin—one your brain produces naturally when you engage in activities like cuddling, hugging and having sex—might prove effective in treating depression.
Scientists at UC San Diego School of Medicine, who are currently enrolling participants in a randomized clinical trial, are optimistic. “The basic science, which we’ve seen in animal and human studies, indicates there are a number of reasons oxytocin could play a role in certain kinds of depression,” says Kai MacDonald, MD, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at UC San Diego School of Medicine. “We also know that disruptions of early attachment”—not enough bonding time with mom, for instance—“could play a role in depression later in life.”
Sometimes called the “cuddle chemical” or the “love hormone,” oxytocin is so named because it’s released by the hypothalamus during physical intimacy (as well as during child birth, when we imagine women need it bad!). But new research is exploring how oxytocin makes us behave, not how we feel.
The Natural Love Drug
Interestingly enough, according to Dr. MacDonald, some studies have shown that when people are given oxytocin, they report feeling the same—but their behavior changes. “If you look at patients with depression, one of the first things to drop off the map are social interest and social connection,” says Dr. MacDonald. That means telling a depressed person to simply bond with their loved ones more to feel better is akin to telling an addict to just stop abusing the drug she’s hooked on. It’s not so simple.
But because the hormone promotes what psychologists call prosocial behavior—being kind, helpful, empathetic, and friendly, among other things—it may just be an antidote to the alienation experienced by so many people when they’re down. “Oxytocin might create a feed-forward loop in depressed patients,” says Dr. MacDonald.
We’ll continue to track the developing research, but in the meantime, try these easy ways to boost your brain’s oxytocin. We’re not saying they’ll cure your depression, of course, but they can’t hurt. Plus, they’re all pretty fun ways to spend your time!
Give someone a hug. And not one of those quick one-armed jobs. Wrap both arms around someone you care about and take a few deep breaths.
Play with your pet. Cuddling with your cat works, too.
Pile on the PDA. During sex (and especially after orgasm), the brain is flooded with oxytocin, which is why, some experts theorize, women seem to like to cuddle after doing the deed. But kissing works wonders, too.
Look at your loved ones. There’s some evidence that simply gazing intently at someone you love—and possibly even just thinking about them—can release oxytocin in the brain.
Say thanks. Remember those prosocial behaviors we mentioned? Some research shows that feeling and expressing sincere gratitude to another person can also release the love hormone.
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^Thanks. 
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So basically cuddling a tree or a pet and looking at a picture of loved ones like siblings and parents can release hormones. That’s great. Technically you don’t even need to be near a human being to have that effect. Even a plant and a photo frame can have same effect.
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This is old news.
Fyi, who needs to pay when I give them for free.
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Effing stupid concept. And weird as F
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**When cuddling someone and realizing how deep you are into that person.. is a great feeling. But when you get a cuddle back, that is the greatest feeling of all..
Money can buy everything but without feelings, of course!!**