Women connect with each other differently and provide support systems that help each other to deal with stress and difficult life experiences.
Physically this quality "girlfriend time" helps us to create more
serotonin - a neurotransmitter that helps combat depression and can
create a general feeling of well being.Women share feelings whereas men
often form relationships around activities. They rarely sit down with a
buddy and talk about how they feel about certain things or how their
personal lives are going. Jobs? Yes. Sports? Yes. Cars? Yes. Fishing,
hunting, golf? Yes. But their feelings? Rarely.
Women do it all of the time. We share from our souls with our
sisters/mothers, and evidently that is very good for our health. He said
that spending time with a friend is just as important to our general
health as jogging or working out at a gym. There's a tendency to think
that when we are "exercising" we are doing something good for our
bodies, but when we are hanging out with friends, we are wasting our time
and should be more productively engaged-not true. In fact, he said that
failure to create and maintain quality personal relationships with other
humans is as dangerous to our physical health as smoking!
So every time you hang out to schmooze with a gal pal, just pat yourself
on the back and congratulate yourself for doing something good for your
health! We are indeed very, very lucky. Sooooo let's toast to our
friendship with our girlfriends. Evidently it's very good for our health.
Via Rose Q.