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The Power of Friendship in Health and Happiness

The importance of friendship is often underestimated, yet research shows that healthy friendships can protect against various physical and mental health issues.

  • Editor Staff
  • August 11, 2023
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The importance of friendship is often underestimated, yet research shows that healthy friendships can protect against various physical and mental health issues. The article highlights that quality over quantity matters in friendships and emphasizes that nourishing existing connections can be more beneficial than seeking new ones. Experts in the article provide tips for strengthening friendships, such as investing time consistently, adding positivity, expressing gratitude, and being vulnerable. Novelty and showing up for important moments are also key to deepening bonds.
  

Key Points: 

  1. Healthy and stable friendships have been found to protect against depression, anxiety, and certain physical health issues. In contrast, a lack of social connection can lead to serious health problems, with loneliness potentially as harmful as obesity.
  2. 2. Research suggests that having a small selection of close friends is more beneficial than many casual connections. The decline in adult friendships, especially among men, raises concerns.
  3. Nurturing Existing Connections: Instead of focusing on making new friends, the article emphasizes the importance of nurturing and reviving existing friendships. Even if they feel stale, existing connections can be strengthened through consistent time investment, positivity, vulnerability, novelty, gratitude, and addressing conflicts directly.
  4. Several psychologists and authors provide tips for enhancing friendships, including creating a consistent routine to connect, fostering positivity through words of affirmation, allowing vulnerability, mixing novelty in conversations and activities, expressing gratitude, showing up for significant life events, and even attending therapy together if needed.
  5. 5. Emphasizing vulnerability and gratitude can deepen connections. Vulnerability involves sharing true feelings and fears, while gratitude helps friendships grow by appreciating and acknowledging the core traits, values, and actions of friends.

 

Source: https://time.com/6301320/how-to-strengthen-friendships/ 

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