Advantages/Benefits of Friendship
There are always advantages and disadvantages in everything. Thus, my entry here will talk about the advantages or benefits of friendship.
According to this website, http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/friendships/MH00125 , friends can somehow affect our health and are always there for us or in other words, a good companion for us.
As quoted from the website “Good friends are good for your health. Friends can help you celebrate good times and provide support during bad times. Friends prevent loneliness and give you a chance to offer needed companionship, too.”
The website also stated that friends can help to increase our happiness, reduce our stress level as well as help us cope with problems or traumas such as serious illness or death of loved one. This tells me that friends are someone whom we can look for besides our family members. Friends are there for us when we are at our lowest point.
For example, when we are having some problems or difficulties, we can let out our problems to our friends. Sharing our problems to them can at least help to ease the mind. Friends will always help as much as they can by giving advises, going out for a walk at a park or even going to places such like the beach together so that it helps to calm our mind. By doing so, it will help to reduce the stress level.
Another example is when we are feeling down, friends will know exactly on how to cheer us up like do things that will make you happy again.
As for me, when I am feeling sad, my friends will encourage me to stay positive and they will make jokes just to make me laugh again. Other than that, we will do some activities outdoor like playing badminton so that I could put the sadness away.
Friends are also group of people in our life that we can celebrate with when we achieved something in life. For example, when we do very well in our studies, we can celebrate our achievement with our friends by treating them dinner or watch movies with them. In all, friends would stick together with us through thick and thin. They are there with us during our sad and happy moments.
According to this website, http://friendship.about.com/od/Benefits_of_Friendship/a/Health-Benefits-Of-Friendship.htm, we can cope with stress and problems better with friends around us. This is because friends can give support to us.
As quoted from the website, “Good friends, however, help protect you from these harmful effects. Your body will deal with the ups and downs of life better with friends in place to support you and give you an emotional lift when you need it.”
The website stated that, “Your friends can influence you to make positive health changes in your life. We often think of friends as a group that we have fun with, but a good time can also mean improving your world in some way. "
From the website I learnt that friends can be a good influence to us by encouraging us to stay healthy, fit and helping us to developed healthy lifestyle. Apart from going out shopping or watching movies, we can also do some exercises and jogging with our friends during our free time. By doing so, it helps to maintain healthy mind and body, and at the same time it could help to release tension in our mind.
In conclusion, I have learnt that there are benefits of having friends. Friends can be our good companion besides our family members. Friends are someone whom I can rely on. They are willing to listen to our problems and help us when we are in need.
Friends would stick together with us through thick and thin. Having a good time like going out together with our friends can help to boost our happiness and reduce our stress. Friends can make us change from an unhealthy lifestyle to healthy lifestyle by encouraging us to stay healthy and exercise regularly.
Thus, it’s good to have friends around us. Furthermore, friends are the closest group of people in our life besides our family members. We are with friends most of the time be it in school or at work. Most importantly friends will not just give emotional support but also physical support for us, am I right?
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