How social connections improve mental and physical health.

Social connections are the most important element that impacts our physical and mental well-being. Even studies show that strong social connections can lead to a healthy and positive lifestyle.

We all have heard the term “self-confidence.” which is one of the most important aspects of our life. Having self-confidence is a huge achievement in itself. By completing small tasks we achieve the big goals in our life. That feeling of satisfaction gives an inner peace and pleasure. This self-confidence can only be gained by these social connections.

These days, we can see stress, anxiety, and depression in every other person, which leads them towards many mental and physical disorders. These three toxic issues are the most harmful effects on our mental as well as physical health. It creates an automatic pressure on our mind that never lets us feel happy and confident and that never makes us feel optimistic towards our decision. The feeling of stress, anxiety, and depression prevents us from being our real selves. We always want to hide our real identity from everyone for fear of being judged. But this is nothing, only our overthinking and the feeling that we have to make everyone satisfied with us. We stop thinking about the things that make us happy, that give us a peaceful atmosphere; we only want to satisfy others. We become people pleasers. This is the reason why the cortisol (stress hormone) level is increasing in every person, by which people are facing health problems like obesity, heart diseases, high cholesterol, hypertension, and many more. But everything in this world has a solution. If from the start we create a positive atmosphere where we can share our inner thoughts, where instead of sympathy we get real emotional support, and where we feel that our point of view actually matters and can be understood in a positive way, then every one of these negative issues cannot create a single negativity in our life. In this overall procedure only one thing can be complimented: that is “social connections.”

We have seen that many children from their childhood never express their views in front of others; they always overthink before they speak out their views on something they never feel confident about. A kind of feeling we call “self-doubt” develops in them. They are confused about their decision of whether they are right or not. They start living in their own world. They create a comfort zone around themselves and only want to live in that comfort zone. Whenever they try to come out of that comfort zone, or even if someone tries to enter their comfort zone, they feel anxious. They also have a stressful life. Even if they don't accept things and become frustrated. But when we take out everything we feel, when we put the things the same as in our mind or heart, we don't need to think twice or be judged by anyone; we start developing the happy hormone called “dopamine” that is best for our healthy mindset, and then it also affects our physical well-being because a healthy mindset leads toward healthy physical well-being.

Fear is something that pulls us down and ruins our whole life. It is a kind of temporary feeling that always develops negative thoughts in our mind. We only want to run away from all of our challenges; we don't want to listen to anything, we don't want to talk about the things that trigger us, and we don't want to share our feelings with anyone. And the only reason behind this is “fear.” But if this fear can be controlled by us, then can we imagine our life? That magical imagination of success. Yes, we can win the match. Fear is nothing but a negative emotion that can be possibly controlled by us, and once we overcome this fear, nothing can stop us from achieving the big goals of our life. Nothing can stop us from making our dreams come true. We only need to believe in ourselves.

Social connections are not only about having a get-together or hanging out with your loved ones. It is not only to live in your own friend circle. But it is also through many social platforms where we connect professtionally with each other like formal group discussions and social networking meetings. They create kinds of activities to not only enhance our skills but also take them to the next level. By participating in these activities, we learn to open up and share our views, we understand how to communicate at a personal as well as a professional level, and we are able to cope with our life challenges and not only face them but also tackle them in a positive manner, which leads to living a valuable and confident life. 
So, we can see that "social connections" is not a two-word phrase; it hides a huge impactful way of living a positive and healthy lifestyle.