Give Your Social Health a Decent Workout
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Give Your Social Health a Decent Workout
Isolated from others, our bodies and brains wither. Nearly every aspect of our physical and mental well-being suffers.
They have strong connections with their family and friends. They are active.
increase the sense of community engagement and it increases your sense that life is worthwhile;
Another study found that having weak social ties is as harmful to our health as being an alcoholic and twice as harmful as obesity. Sit with that for a second: Having poor social connections is as bad as being an alcoholic and twice as bad as being obese.