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Do you have a lot?
I have few friends! Make friends!
This is Minagawa ( @minagawa_osamu ).
Now, according to a study from the University of Virginia, childhood friendships have a significant impact on mental health.
Mental strength is friendship power! The longer it lasts, the stronger it becomes
A study from the University of Virginia revealed that friendships that have continued since adolescence have a great effect on mental health in adulthood.
We conducted an interview survey of 169 men and women from the age of 15 for 10 years. The content of the survey was whether or not there was a close friend, and if there was a close friend, the best friends were interviewed to check the intimacy, and in the questionnaire survey of the subjects, "anxiety tendency", "depression tendency", "level of self-esteem", etc. The numerical values related to so-called mental health were measured and recorded and analyzed.
As a result, those who have a close friend for 10 years have clearly less depression and anxiety at the age of 25 and have high self-esteem, that is , they are in a very good state of mental health . He is in a better mental state than when he was 15 at the start of the survey, and the longer his best friend relationship is, the better the score.
If you ask me, people who have best friends or people who have formed a comic dialogue with friends since childhood seem to be very lively and fun. If you have good mental health, you will have a high level of challenge and resistance to adversity, so you can live positively.
Also, when you were a kid, you were always popular at school. People who are in good health but are loved by everyone, and children who are not in good health but have good motor nerves and are cool and cute.
As a result of investigating such people, it seems that there was no improvement in mental health in 10 years.
In other words, even if you are alone, having a close friend will be a plus in your life !
So what if you don't have a best friend?
I haven't had any friends since I was a kid, I'm connected on Facebook, but I don't really get involved, I don't go home much, I'm depressed and I can't help!
I don't seem to be pessimistic. Maybe it's good mentally if you "reconnect" and reconnect with your old friends? It seems.
"Reconnect" is to contact and have a relationship with a friend, acquaintance, or business associate who has become estranged. Well, it seems that the hurdles are quite high for those who are shy and shy. It seems that casualness is important for "reconnect".
You thought, "Even if you say that, casual people are full of rear? It may be a little impossible for me who is non-rear ..."! All right! Me too!
I'm worried that if I suddenly take a contact, I think it's an Amway or a religion solicitation, or if I don't like it.
But when you think about it the other way around, what do you think if a friend you used to be close to reconnects to you? I'm sure I'm happy. Of course I don't like solicitation, but in that case I can just ignore it.
If you take the courage and try to reconnect, you will be unexpectedly pleased. I also have a track record of receiving several homepage creation jobs. Of course, the friendships that followed have continued.
If you don't like the problem of "I don't think you'll be disliked", it's okay because you can't make friends and nothing will change. Let's switch feelings.
There are many friends who can confide their worries
According to a study conducted by the University of Virginia, subjects aged 15 to 25 have a better mental health condition for those who have a close friend for 10 years, which is a plus in life, but in my case I met around 20 years old. I still have a friendship with my friend for more than 20 years. My best friend.
After I became depressed, I was reluctant to meet people, I hated crowds and tended to withdraw, but I only meet my best friend regularly, and I can say that I hate what I hate. Will accept it. I feel like a person who can spill a bearish whining rather than a consultation about illness. I can't tell other people anything. My heart stays closed. He is the only one who can open his heart.
It's a big thing for me, and it's a source of my heart, so it's very helpful to have a close friend even as an adult, and I'm a person who can reach out whenever something happens.
If you're lamenting that you don't have a best friend, take the courage to reconnect! If you don't have a friend to reconnect with, I can be your friend. Please contact me.