Friends bring us happiness and improved health. Good friends relieve stress, reduce isolation and depression. You can even improve your physical health \u2013 having good friends lowers your blood pressure, boosts your immune system and improves your outlook with long-term health conditions.<\/p>\n
Having friendships gives you a longer life. Poor-quality social support limits your length of life as much as smoking 15 cigarettes per day.<\/p>\n
Your social worth is not measured by the number of likes or connections you have on social media. Online friends may be beneficial for some but there are limitations. They can\u2019t hug you or visit you when you are sick, they are limited in the practical help they can offer. The aim is to have quality friendships not a great quantity. You may prefer either a single deep friendship or a group of friends.<\/p>\n
Marriage also gives many physical health benefits, like friendship. Some people refer to their spouse as their best friends but not everyone and for some the spouse relationship is simply different to friendship. Researchers refer to marriage friendships as a super-friendship because they are not like other friendships due to the intimacy and the entwining of life in living together, finances, legally and relationally.<\/p>\n
A friend is someone you trust and share a deep level of understanding and communication with. They are genuinely interested in your life, your words and thoughts. They listen attentively without judging and feel comfortable sharing things about themselves with you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Friends bring us happiness and improved health. Good friends relieve stress, reduce isolation and depression. You can even improve your physical health \u2013 having good friends lowers your blood pressure, boosts your immune system and improves your outlook with long-term health conditions. Having friendships gives you a longer life. Poor-quality social support limits your length […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[29,93],"tags":[131,130,132],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/painpuzzle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/water-2569463_640.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n