Make Time for Your Friends

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Posted on October 16th, 2008 by

Friendships are obviously important. It’s also easy sometimes to get caught up in life’s routines so much that it’s hard to remember the last time you just hung out with a good friend. Work, family, errands, and housework all need attention. But you should add friendship to the list too. At least add the friendships that feel good to you.

That doesn’t mean you drop all of your responsibilities all the time and meet with your friends. It does mean that you drop all of your responsibilities for an hour or two once in a while and unwind. People need healthy ways to disconnect from the frantic pace of life and stress. Friends have a way of providing an escape, an enjoyable distraction, a few laughs, or sincere advice.

Emails and phone calls are two ways to connect but there’s something about seeing and talking with a friend, or even a group of friends, that is more beneficial. Email is visual. Phone conversation is audial (you can hear it) and interactive. In-person conversation is visual, audial, interactive, and you can feel and share a type of interpersonal energy. We generally get more from meeting with a friend face-to-face. So don’t neglect it.

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3 Responses to “Make Time for Your Friends”

Deb Legge (Check me out!) // Oct 20, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Having friends around can be immensely helpful for people with anxiety and panic, but sometimes it can be tough for friends to understand or help deal with what those experiencing panic are feeling.

I wrote an article on my site that should be helpful for friends of those suffering from anxiety and panic:

http://www.livingwithoutpanic.com/anxiety-panic-attacks/10-tips-for-friends-of-someone-with-anxiety-panic

It’s entitles “10 Tips for friends of those with anxiety and panic”
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Devin (Check me out!) // Oct 23, 2008 at 9:39 am
Thanks for your comment. I checked out your link, and it is definitely a good list of tips. Take care!
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Svara (Check me out!) // Oct 27, 2008 at 2:05 am
What a wonderful blog. Very inspirational as well I bookmarked your site and look forward to reading more.

I have a cousin as well who is a minister and works with couples in crisis. I’ve learned a lot from what he’s told me too.

Wish you all the best.
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