Reiterating, the vital importance of that need for, socialization and, connection as we age…off of the Front Page Sections, translated…
Being in love is found to help us improve our overall health. But, can friendships have the, same, effects too? BBC reports, that research shows, friendships can offer many benefits to our physical and psychological health, including improving our moods, and help better our cardiovascular health.
The scientific journalist, Lydia Denworth wrote a volume on scientific research on friendships. She was surprised at how being isolated from society can affect the immune systems. For instance, when people feel lonely, the leukocytes would change their behaviors, causing more inflammatory responses in the bodies, and the immunity responses to, weaken.
The pros of social connections aren't just to improve the immune systems. Those who are involved in their communities usually live longer and healthier too, with a lowered risks of developing hypertension. A study involving taking blood from the participants showed, that friendships can improve the qualities of sleep for people, and help people heal up, faster too.
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In certain conditions, friendships may be better in protecting our health than marriages, love, or interactions with the families. Studies showed, even though there's a positive correlation of the sense of happiness with those who pay attention to the connections they have with their families and relatives, but for the elderly populations, friendship is way more important in health and happiness.
Studies showed, friendships are different in the various stages of our lives. There's the U-shaped curve of interactions with friends in our lives: to the adolescents, friendship is important in helping to form one's identity, but to those in middle adulthood, not as important, and, to the elderly years, the rate of importance rises up, again: partners in life, companions, and money, you need them, all.
And so, this is the importance of keeping up with our, socializations, to keep those dopamine pumping in our brains, and, it is important, that we all, continue to interact with the outside world, through these face-to-face interactions we share, with those whom we call our, "friends" until we grow, old.
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