Why do head-strokes and back-scratches make me feel super-calm, almost hypnotized?

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Is it a vagus-nerve thing?

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Because you’re an animal, and a mammal specifically and all mammals like being patted and groomed much like our primate relatives and also members of the canine and feline orders. Birds also like being stroked too.

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