Making Friends

A healthy habit while in college is to have a happy lifestyle. Sometimes it can be hard to maintain a happy and upbeat attitude at college because a lot of circumstances or situations can bring you down or alter your mood. A key to helping with this is making friends. How can making friends help out with this? Let me tell you.

Friends can prevent isolation and loneliness. At the beginning of college it can be scary to put yourself out there and make new friends but this is one of the key steps to getting through school. Loneliness can develop into depression, self isolation, and anxiety.

If you are feeling down and are in need of some uplifting energy, friends can always help with that.

Friends also help increase your sense of belongingness in school. Having friends brings companionship that you need to your life. You can do school work with them, grab lunch, study, and to go out with. It also can keep you distracted from the sense of loneliness that is common to occur when you are away from home and in an unfamiliar environment.

Another benefit of making friends is that why improve your self-confidence and self-worth. A lot of the times friends provide an uplifting environment for you to be in. They also come with a shoulder to lean on and an ear to listen. If you are having trouble with confidence, friends bring the best you out of yourself. Need help picking out an outfit that actually looks good on you? Friends will most definitely hype up your confidence. Is someone being rude to you or not treating you right? Friends will stick up for you in those situations.

Now, the most important part of making friends is staying in touch with those who are good for you. Make the right friends, in other words. Sometimes it can be hard to know if you're picking out the right friends to put into your group, but that is something that everyone has to navigate and figure out for themselves. When you know, you know.