The Importance and Ways to Maintain Beautiful Interpersonal Relationships for Better Health

It’s natural to feel lonely as you get older. As life progresses, human relationships become detached and simplified due to various factors. Humans are essentially creatures that live in social relationships. In many cases, a person’s loneliness stems from unhealthy interpersonal relationships. Human relationships are a very important factor in social, emotional and physical health.
Maintaining good interpersonal relationships is the foundation and essence of how people live happily.
An interpersonal relationship is a social bond or partnership between two or more people. Different types of interpersonal relationships include networks of partners, loved ones, family, close friends, acquaintances, colleagues, and many other people that make up our social networks. in our lives.
Through this article, we will look at the importance and ways of having smooth interpersonal relationships with the many people involved in one’s life.

1.Why are interpersonal relationships important?
Our lives take place within 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 as follows: First, loneliness can be overcome. Second, recovery from stress increases. Thirdly, it is very helpful in preventing depression and suicide. Fourth, risk factors for cardiovascular disease are reduced. Fifth, it is a great help in improving longevity.
Having strong interpersonal relationships will give you a lot of motivation to keep you healthy. For example, people who participate more socially are more likely to eat healthy food, exercise regularly, and avoid smoking.

2. What are the ways to maintain beautiful interpersonal relationships?
2-1 Open your heart to the other person (open).
According to Sprecher S, to create and maintain good relationships with other people, we must be able to understand each other well. Is this who they are? How have you been living? 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 information about your experiences, feelings and ideas.
Kreiner H says that knowing each other begins with sharing open minds. In addition, bonds and intimacy are created and deepened through the process of getting to know and understand each other. Therefore, in order to maintain good interpersonal relationships, it is important to be open to people.
It is never easy to tell others about your situation or to accept someone else’s situation. However, it is not easy to develop trust or a deep friendship if people do not share important information about what happens in their lives with each other. Open yourself and others will open their hearts too.

2-2 In interpersonal relationships, recognize and respect each other’s boundaries (confidentiality) (boundaries).
Being open to others in no way means that others should have unfettered access to your thoughts, feelings, time or materials. Healthy boundaries are an important foundation for any smooth relationship. It is important and necessary not only to set these limits wisely, but also to enforce them.
Limits can be defined and understood as what we are willing to accept in human relationships. These boundaries are about managing each other’s values, expectations and boundaries.
Interpersonal boundaries can be like limits on the time you spend together or your expectations of how much time you spend together. It can also include what you are willing to share about yourself emotionally, physically, and even digitally.

To be continued in the next issue