Are you conscious of your health? You take a healthy diet and exercise daily. Even you are careful about the sleep time and sleep and wale cycle. But are you social? If not, you’re missing the most important ingredient for a healthy body and healthy mind.
In this article, we will share how you can build brain-boosting social connections.
How does social life engage your brain?
According to research, a strong social connection improves your better health. It boosts your memory and strengthens your neural networks.
Researchers concluded that social people develop cognitive decline less likely than people who prefer to stay socially isolated. Another study concluded that the risk of development of dementia increases to 40% in lonely people.
Scientists have found that people with strong social ties are less likely to experience cognitive decline than people who spend most of their time alone. In fact, one large study, which included some 12,000 participants, suggests that when people are lonely, their risk of dementia rises by as much as 40%.
How to re-engage to build social connections?
COVID-19 pandemic demands social isolation. Therefore, building social connections and new friendships become even more challenging.
Most probably, you’re also experiencing the same. So, how can you re-engage? Below are three tips that you must follow to build social connections.
- Revive old friendships.
Don’t you have a connection with your good friends in school or college? If yes, it’s time to revive your old friendship. You can use social media to find them. Building strong relationships with old friends is easy because you share a past full of memories with them.
- Prefer quality relationships.
Building a lot of relationships with poor quality is stressful. Several studies proved the bad effects of turbulent relationships on mental and physical health issues. So, you should focus on building quality relationships to stay satisfied and relaxed.
- Use different ways to build connections.
Pandemic is there. You can’t go out. You can’t hang out with your friends. So, it’s better to use alternative ways to connect with your family and friends. Send your loved one an email or a message on other social media platforms. Video call your best friend to share everything you do.
Besides these, many social communities exist that help you arrange meet-up online.
Final thoughts..!!!
To sum up, expose yourselves to new people and new experiences to build strong relationships. Stay in touch with your old friends. And make full use of social media and other digital communication means to stay connected. In the end, build powerful and quality relationships if you really want better mental health.