Berlin (medical world) - We all know how we should live to be healthy and grow old. But why not do it often? Every second German company has excess weight and the Germans when alcohol consumption is a top position in Europe. Here, the dangers of obesity and alcohol are known, but it apparently lacks many of will-power and internal stability. One of the main problems here are internal deficits that result from a lack of social contacts. This always knew the family doctors, they knew the meaning of marriage and family as stabilizers. But they also knew how often such relationships, an additional stress factor. More important for the "health care" is now therefore the factor friendships. This great importance of friendships was also in a recent study by the Foundation for Future Studies "clearly. There, 92 percent of respondents noted that close friends is essential for them for the quality of life. But only 85 percent of the family was important. In this respect, the statement today: the most important life-happiness factor friendships. This was recently confirmed in an Australian study. It showed that we would live with friends 22 percent longer and healthier. And this has been the analysis of 148 studies supported the risk of death, when 300,000 people were recorded. It showed that people with a good circle of friends increased by 50 percent probability of survival. This effect is as large as the non-smoking and more important than movement or weight.
The Berlin psychotherapist Dr. Wolfgang Krueger describes in his new book "How to win friends for life", why friendships are so important to our health. Friendships would improve the immune system, reduce pain and motivate us in particular to a healthier life behavior. Friendships have above all a very relaxing function, stress-reducing effect and increase the feeling of happiness. Krueger, stressing that friendships are the most powerful protection against mental illness. Above all, anxiety disorders, psychosomatic disorders and depression would be based always on a lack of friendships. However, we underestimate the importance of these relationships. In everyday life it is easy to that through work, marriage and children are completely absorbed. In this respect, saying that 60 percent of respondents considered their friendships for improvement. Friendships can also sicken if we care enough about them and conflicts lead to the withdrawal. The reality of our friendships is often far from the classical ideal of friendship, art. We would have to learn to take care of everything to our friends. In particular, we would have more time to invest in our friendships. We do our best - at least initially - in love very strongly and are ingenious and this is important also for friendships. We really need the other learn, explore common ground and ask ourselves, we can I him or make her happy. Friendships live on an intensive exchange - especially in conversation. You can be the foundation of peaceful relationships in our lives and are so important for our mental and physical health. They are the strongest "drug" for a long life, everyone would have on the self. Dr. Wolfgang Krüger
: How to win friends for life, Herder Verlag, 9,95 €
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