The Impact of Friendship on Mental Health

Friendship is one of the most powerful influences on our emotional and psychological well-being. Having a good friend by your side will make it really hard to experience loneliness and depression, because good friends have a profoundly valuable impact on our lives, through motivation, communication, and humour. Friendship is really important, even though I am locked in. I can't cut all my friends away; I will still have to book some good friends and stay with them to have fun.

I have just a few friends and a lot of people around me. Not everyone is my friend because I have once been betrayed by people, and trust me, I can see how people really behave towards things around them. The moment I understood the value of friendship was when I hosted a birthday, and someone died on that birthday. This was the day I understood what a true friend is. I was very nervous then, and some friends denied me and said I was the one who killed him, which was never true. I can never forget the few friends who stood beside me, even when I was so scared then. The story was very complicated, and I find it hard to really understand it better. I can boldly say, my confidence is in my friend, and I have really found peace in them because each time I am lost in thought, I go to them and also each time I am sad, I go to them too.

Mental health is a personal journey and we are not meant to work it out alone. A psychologist can't be perfect if he or she does not become your friend first to work perfectly. We need friends, your parent are not your friends, but you can also make your parents your friends.

To date I still call my friends to hear from them not that I have to but because I need to and trust me, it is the best way I keep on surviving to become a better person, sometimes I get ignored and I understand they have a busy schedule but I know they will always return my calls. Friendship is everything, and without friends, we will be missing out on a lot of things.

Life is not always perfect, because it has so many ups and downs, but having a good friend who can struggle with you and go through thick and thin with you is really an underrated thing people don't notice. No matter what I do, I always reserve myself to be a good friend people can look up to and call anytime they need my help, I remember when my close friend once won a big money, I was the one he called and I encouraged him on how far I was really happy with his achievements. I know it wasn't easy, but it's a good step up, same with all my friends. Friendship is all, don't joke and leave a true friendship instead, cherish it all.