Having Friendships Improves our Health

Having Friendships Improves our Health

There are so many things that contribute to our overall health and wellness, many of which we don’t usually associate with this…friendship. Having friendships improves our health and is an important piece of our well-being. It can be a couple or a big group that keeps you connected socially.

Having friendships improves our health and is an important piece of our well-being. It can be a couple or a big group that keeps you connected socially.

Having Friendships Improves Our Health

Yes, having close relationships with other human beings improves our general health. From the Mayo Clinic, having friendships improves our health by:

* Increase your sense of belonging and purpose
* Boost your happiness
* Reduce stress
* Improve your self-worth
* Help you cope with traumas, such as divorce, serious illness, job loss or the death of a loved one
* Encourage you to change or avoid unhealthy lifestyle habits

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It sounds so easy, right? Just have friends. Well, in reality, our busy lives, our jobs, our obligations, they all seems to come first. It takes work to find good friends, then build and maintain those relationships. It doesn’t matter the number. Some people love having a big group of friends, others prefer a few very close friends. Either is great. It is whatever works for you and makes you happy. If you are looking to make new friends, try joining a club or organization in your community, going on neighborhood walks, or joining the gym. If you are looking to improve your current relationships, give a long-lost friend a call, make a lunch date, or send a note ‘just because’. You will reap the rewards of the effort you put in.

Happy friendships to you all! How have you found friendship to improve your health? I would love to hear below!

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5 Responses to Having Friendships Improves our Health

  1. So true! We have developed a close group of friends nearby and several scattered across the country, yet once together that distance doesn’t matter. And I find that we have found friends in the most unusual places, just by being open to the possibility. Sort of an Elwood P Dowd philosophy….

  2. I agree! I love my girlfriends and value their friendships. I lost my BFF a year and a half ago and I miss her dearly. I always thought we would grow older together. 🙁

  3. I sometimes really don’t know how much my friends improve my health until I come home after a dinner or glass of wine with them.

    I try to make it a weekly thing to socialize with one or more of them. They are always, always uplifting.

  4. I can’t imagine life without the connections to friends. They enrich my life in immeasurable ways, not the least of which is the reassurance I’m not alone in this journey through life. They “get it” in a way Hubs just can’t. Thanks for this reminder of just how valuable friends are!

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