Relationships and their connection to your lifestyle

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The need of connection or social bonding

A healthy relationship and its characteristics

Relationships and their correlation with lifestyle

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• The need of connection or social bonding

Hello guys! Here is my new article and today I am going to give my insight on relationships and their impact on our lifestyle. Everyone among us has some relationships in his life and these relationships create a great impact on the overall well-being of that person.

We human beings are born with an intrinsic ability to form relationships and social connections and since day one on this earth, we have been making bonds with people around us. This need for connection is one of our basic needs and those who try to deny this need are living abnormal and incomplete lives.

As, we are surrounded by different kinds of relationships like parents, children, friends, siblings, life partners, cousins, and other relatives, these relationships have a great impact on our overall well-being and so does our lifestyle. A healthy relationship has a positive impact on our lifestyle and helps to improve it. But on the other hand, a negative and toxic relationship can easily ruin it.

• A healthy relationship and its characteristics

The relationships in our lives could be healthy or toxic. So, let’s try to find out what is a healthy relationship so that you can develop a better understanding of how a healthy relationship is beneficial for our health and lifestyle.

A healthy relationship is one in which we can become interdependent without losing our identity and individuality. The dependency on another person in any kind of relationship could be different and it varies according to the situation. For example, if you are sick or going to give birth you must be more dependent on people with whom you have a bonding or relationship.

A healthy relationship is one in which both parties give respect to each other, communicate openly, take care of each other, and invest themselves equally. But if in a relationship one person is giving respect and investing himself fully, but the other person is not doing his part that relationship becomes a burden on the first person, and dies soon. 

We can never exclude the conflict of thoughts, arguments, and little disputes in any kind of relationship. So, two people sharing a healthy bond could have different points of view and have little disputes. 

I can tell you about seven traits that could help you identify whether you have a healthy relationship with a person or not,

1. Both persons trust each other

2. Both persons respect each other
3. Both persons support each other
4. Both persons are equal
5. Both persons have their individuality
6. Both persons are communicating their thoughts openly and freely
7. Both people are having fun in each other company

• Relationships and their correlation with lifestyle

Relationships are an integral part of our life and whole lives we strive to build healthy relationships that add beauty to our lives. So, one way or another our social connections have a deep link with our lifestyle.

Here I am going to list down the impacts of our relationships on our lifestyle.

1. Your relationships or social connections help you reduce stress and anxiety. A healthy relationship acts as a support system and in difficult times you can share your problems with your partner and it will let you feel less burdened. As a result, you will try to find out a better way out of difficult situations without affecting your lifestyle.

2. When you spend time with friends and loved ones, your mood automatically becomes better and you feel yourself alive and energetic. Now you can cope with your busy life and problems in a much better way.
3. A healthy relationship lets you help in making good decisions, keeps you reminded about important tasks and your goals for life, and lets you utilize your brain to the full extent. Because a supporting partner always wants you should live a healthy lifestyle. 
4. A person having good relationships in his or her life has a support system who wouldn’t let him scum to chronic diseases like heart problems, diabetes, blood pressure, etc. because they will never let you deviate from your healthy lifestyle track and make wrong choices in life that would deteriorate your health.
5. Having a social connection with people who are practicing healthy behaviors in their routine life like doing exercise, waking up early in the morning, never smoking, eating healthy foods, and avoiding harmful activities, these people will make you too follow healthy behaviors and in turn your lifestyle will improve.
6. A healthy relationship adds value to our lives and lets us live to the fullest. It also makes us love ourselves and try to improve our lifestyle by giving us polite reminders from time to time. 
7. We human beings always like appreciation and positive feedback. So, in a healthy relationship, the two individuals always try to appreciate the achievements of their partners and give them positive feedback. This makes them make more effort to achieve their goals and live a healthy lifestyle.
8. A healthy relationship promotes the self-esteem and confidence of both partners. The people who love us will always tell us that we can achieve anything in our life and this thing boosts our confidence.
9. A supportive partner will always try to boost the morale of his partner when he or she fails to achieve something in life. This kind of support will not let the other person give up hope and think bad about himself.
10. A supportive and true partner will always tell you the truth about yourself and help you get rid of bad behaviors and habits that are not letting you live a healthy lifestyle.
11. A healthy relationship would also let you learn the art of resolving a conflict without hurting the emotions and without tempering the agreement between two individuals. It also teaches you not only how to become a good speaker but also how to become a good listener. These skills are the utmost needed skills to live a successful life. 

A healthy relationship makes us happy and takes away disappointments and negative thoughts from our lives and fill it with hope. I can easily say that the benefits of healthy relationships are immense, so, try to make an effort and invest in a healthy relationship. I am sure soon you will get a healthy return on your investment.