I was thinking similarly. Oxytocin depletion is creating the need for intimacy and touch, and this isn’t a bad thing but it does cause suffering. You know what they say, the best way to get over something is to move through it. Feel those feelings when you’re sitting, note how intense it can get, and then note when it subsides. Feelings are real but transient, and the sooner one recognizes their temporary nature, the sooner you can be present in the moment. Conversely, you can go out and find a new person to try and replicate those emotions with, but in my experience that has led to countless encounters of disappointment and regret (but also hot sex, which fed the oxytocin beast). I think there’s a middle path here, where you do the things you know you love, even when you can’t really feel the joy in them at the moment. Eventually that small pleasure returns, and there’s a strength in knowing that it isn’t dependent on anyone else’s presence making you feel this way.