4 Myths About Important Friendship Relations Known

Myth illustration of friendship (Freepic)

YOGYAKARTA Having a bestie or close friend is important for well-being. According to a survey of 308,000 people, people who do not have good friends or friendship are likely twice as likely to die early age. In essence, this survey analyzes the health risks of fewer friends.

Many academic literature explore friendship in relation to health, both physical and mental health. A specialist and psychiatrist Britt Frank, MSW., LSCSW., SEPT., explains anything that is myth and facts about friendship. Here's the explanation, launching Psychology Today, Monday, October 16.

When it comes to needs, things will feel heavy. Friendly, it's not always possible because closeness and frequency give each other news is sometimes difficult to maintain at an adult age. According to relationship expert Esther Perel, you can switch to contact with one person to another to provide a sustainable meaning and feeling. But this can also be a burden, because it's too heavy. Obviously Frank, you don't need to find the only best friend to get the health of the connection. It's just that, you may need someone who is comfortable to share the story with each other.

In reality, friendship is not about quantity but quality. Not only friendly relationships, any relationship cannot be built without a foundation that requires time, energy, and intentional. That is, we don't need to define how and what the composition of friendship is. Closeness and warmth in friendship can be built in just a moment or chronic time. Furthermore, the complexity of life does not allow us to spend much time expecting friendship.

The social media site when it was first popular, many people took personal action to meet friends or even partners. Today, maybe the cynical assumption has been normalized. Frank said, he has a lot of contact friends in the digital realm, such as from Zoom and Facetime. That is, if social media is a space where you feel connected, validated, and supported, then there is no reason to ignore your online friends. Maybe meeting face-to-face is more profitable, but the benefits of overall friendship can still be obtained in this way.

Friends are not always forever. Stay in a relationship for fear of looking baseless, including the form of betrayal of yourself, you know, Frank wrote. So, recognize your boundaries and if your friendship has harmed or crossed the line, it's okay to step back or close the temporary page. It's important to know, there are no definite rules that say you have to keep others in life. If you don't feel comfortable or your relationship feels toxic, you can feel sad but you don't need to stay in an unhealthy relationship either.

There are so many concepts of friendship, but setting boundaries by saying no, overcoming conflicts, worrying about your friends without sacrificing your composure, are all useful and important topics.