Title: How would you define a healthy friendship? | University Health Services
Headings: How would you define a healthy friendship?
How would you define a healthy friendship?
How would you define a healthy friendship?
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Content: I hope this helps! Simran
When talking about about healthy relationships, people often focus on romantic and familial bonds, but having healthy friendships is incredibly crucial as well! If you feel like you can trust your friends, enjoy spending time with them, and that they are positive influences in your life, you’re definitely on track! Good friendships are based on mutual respect, honesty, and support (helping each other with problems, and celebrating each other’s success). Friends should help you grow into an even better person, and love and care for you. Of course, you need to make sure you’re just as supportive and committed to the friendship as well! What do you do if one of your friends does something that jeopardizes the friendship and makes you think it might be unhealthy? The important factors are how frequently these kind of warning signs occur, and how the friend reacts. If unhealthy actions (like sharing confidential information, saying negative things about you, getting too possessive, not being supportive of non-harmful interests you have, pressuring you to change, and many other forms of physical,mental, and emotional violence) are a recurring pattern, you would be better off distancing yourself from this person. If the the friend seems genuinely regretful and is actively trying to change their behavior, you may want to give them another chance, but you’re not obligated to do so.