How Do Friends Boost Your Happiness

Recognize the value of interpersonal relationships in your life and what you can do to create and maintain enduring friendships.

What advantages come from friendships?

Your health benefits from having good companions. Friends can help you enjoy happy occasions and offer support during difficult times. Friends provide you the ability to provide much-needed company as well as prevent isolation and loneliness. And among friends:

Your sense of purpose and belonging will grow.

Increase your joy and lower your stress

Boost your self-esteem and confidence

Help you deal with catastrophes like divorce, significant sickness, losing your job, or losing a loved one

Motivate you to alter or refrain from engaging in undesirable lifestyle practices like excessive drinking or inactivity

• When things are hard, they help you feel less stressed.

Having a BFF by your side during a tough period helps to lower stress levels. Also, the study participants didn’t express as much anger about the event if their best buddy was present (meaning that post-breakup sleepover is totally backed by science).

• It makes you feel better to be there for them.

It helps you both feel better to visit a friend’s house with their favorite cappuccino after they’ve had a great week at work or to send them a card when they’ve been sick.

• Not only BFFs, but even casual friends can improve your attitude.

Even if they aren’t close friends, the employee you talk with while setting up your bikes for spin class or the woman you exchange book recommendations with makes your day. Those who interact with more people, even casual acquaintances, feel happier and more connected to the world.

• • A friendship gives out a positive sense that never fades.

After a while, the OMG-my-life-is-amazing impact of momentous occasions, like purchasing a home, can subside. Yet, your pals constantly provide you with fresh causes for celebration, so keep planning those margarita happy hours.