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Ways Happy Relationships Improve Your Life

Reasons to Spend Time with Your Friends!

By Lorna HarveyPublished about a year ago 3 min read

I have a lot of great friends in my life and every time I get to be with one of them or all of them brings a lot of joy. Recently I sent nearly three weeks on a cruise and spending time in New Orleans with ten of my besties. I smile every time I think of the time spent with them.

One of the most amazing experiences you will ever have is spending time with people who make you happy. Spending quality time with the people you care about most has many amazing advantages, in addition to the positive feeling that comes from spending time with your closest friends and family.

1: You Feel More Connected to Other People

Every human being needs a strong sense of community. Spending more time with the people who make you happy is a terrific approach to enhance your sense of community.

Even people who truly appreciate their alone time need a sense of community to survive. Your personal ties to these people get stronger as you create new, joyful memories with them. These relationships serve as a reminder that you can always rely on them for support when you're having difficulties in life.

They also come to trust you because they know you will be there for them in times of need. This sense of belonging is important, and its value in your life grows each time you spend time with others who make you happy.

2: You Experience A Little Reprieve from the Troubles of Life

Make it a point to spend more time with the people who make you happy when times are hard. Consider spending time with your closest friends and family as a little get-away from your everyday routine.

With the people you most love, you may spend some quality time, laughing, and relaxing instead of stressing about job or how you will finish all of your errands. You get a little respite from the troubles of life while you're with the people who make you happy.

3: You Get a New Perspective on Your Life's Challenges

Putting a positive spin on your problems can be achieved by spending time with those who make you happy. The first advantage is that spending time with people who make you feel good about yourself will make your troubles seem less serious right away.

As an added bonus, spending time with the people you love might help you talk about the things that have been upsetting you. Your closest friends and family members could be able to provide you with other viewpoints on your problems, which could help you come up with fresh solutions.

4: You Can Take Advantage of Health Advantages

You will undoubtedly experience a lot of laughter when you are with individuals that make you happy. Laughter is truly the best medicine.

Your brain gets instructions to release a lot of feel-good neurotransmitters, such dopamine and serotonin, whenever you laugh.

The hormones that make you feel happy and more at ease replace the stress-inducing cortisol in your brain and bloodstream as you laugh and savor those wonderful moments.

5: You Create Wonderful Memories That You Will Treasure

Strong memories can be created with the people you love. Those memories are a wonderful mental haven you can go to when you're going through a tough moment and you're feeling very down.

You will undoubtedly add even more amazing new memories to that vault each time you spend time with the individuals that make you happy.

You can look back on them the next time you're feeling low to remind yourself that there are people in your life who genuinely care about you and to remember better times.

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About the Creator

Lorna Harvey

My love of writing is relatively new but since I started it has become a passion. I hope you enjoy my writing and look forward to your comments.

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