2024-04-25 14:00:00
It’s natural to feel lonely as you get older. As life progresses, human relationships become disconnected and simplified due to various factors. Humans are essentially beings who live in social relationships. In many cases, loneliness comes from unhealthy interpersonal relationships. Human relationships are a very important factor in social, emotional and physical health.
Maintaining good interpersonal relationships is the basis and essence of how humans live happily.
An interpersonal relationship is a social bond or partnership between two or more people. Different types of interpersonal relationships include the networks of partners, loved ones, family, close friends, acquaintances, colleagues, and many other people who constitute our social connections in life.
Through this article, we will examine the importance and ways of having smooth interpersonal relationships with the many people involved in our lives.
1.Why are interpersonal relationships important?
Our lives take place in very complex human relationships and social structures. Why are interpersonal relationships so important? Research shows that interpersonal relationships can have many important benefits for physical and mental health.
According to the American Psychological Association, the benefits of good interpersonal relationships are: First, loneliness can be overcome. Second, recovery from stress increases. Third, it is very useful in preventing depression and suicide. Fourth, risk factors for cardiovascular disease are reduced. Fifth, it is a great help to improve service life.
Having strong interpersonal relationships provides a lot of motivation to help you stay healthy. For example, people who participate more in social activities are more likely to eat a healthy diet, exercise regularly and avoid smoking.
2. What are the ways to maintain great interpersonal relationships?
2-1 Open your heart to others (opening).
According to Sprecher S, to form and maintain good relationships with others, we must be able to understand ourselves well. Is this who they are? How do you live? When personal information is shared with an open mind, open human relationships develop. Just as it is important for the other person to open their heart to you, it is also important to open your heart to the other person first. You must be willing to accept yourself and the other person and share details regarding your experiences, feelings, and opinions.
Kreiner H says that getting to know each other begins with sharing an open mind with each other. Additionally, connections and intimacy are formed and deepened through the process of getting to know and understand each other. So, to maintain good interpersonal relationships, it is important to be open to people.
It is never easy to talk to others regarding your situation or accept someone else’s situation. However, it’s not easy to develop trust or deep friendship if people don’t share important information with each other regarding what’s going on in their lives. Open yourself and others will open their hearts too.
2-2 In interpersonal relationships, recognize and respect the limits (private life) of each person (limits).
Being open to others in no way means that others should have unlimited access to your thoughts, emotions, time or materials. Healthy boundaries are an important foundation for any harmonious relationship. It is important and necessary not only to set these limits wisely, but also to enforce them.
Boundaries can be defined and understood as what we are willing to accept in human relationships. These boundaries aim to regulate each person’s values, expectations and limits.
Interpersonal boundaries may seem like limits to the time you spend together or your expectations for the time you will spend together. This can also include anything you’re willing to share regarding yourself emotionally, physically, and even digitally.
Continued in the next issue
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