We've all heard the saying, "You have a lot to give." And we know that giving is good for our physical and mental health. But did you also know that helping others can make you feel better? The purpose of this article is to explain why helping others can improve your life so much—and how it works!
When you help others, it's not just good for your own health — it can also make you feel better. The elderly man who is the oldest person in the world attributed his longevity to helping others.The study found that people who give their spare time to help others live longer and have lower rates of depression, anxiety and stress than those who don't. In fact, giving back can even make you feel more powerful!
In addition to helping people feel better and giving them a sense of purpose, volunteering can also make you feel like you have a purpose in life.
Helping others makes us feel like we are doing something important and meaningful—even when it's just making sure someone else is having a good time at the park on Saturday afternoon. It's about being part of something bigger than ourselves, which gives us all kinds of benefits: increased self-confidence, better relationships with friends and family members (and less jealousy), more energy levels overall...the list goes on!
You'll start to appreciate what you have.
While it's important to be grateful for the things that you have, it's also important to recognize that not everyone has what we do. We live in a world where many people don't have access to food or water and other basic necessities; this can make us feel bad about ourselves if we're surrounded by plenty of these things but others aren't as lucky. By helping others, however, you become more appreciative—and therefore happier—of your own life!
When I'm feeling down about my job performance or personal life situation at home, I'll often write in my journal until I start feeling better again; then I'll read through what I wrote before starting over again from where we left off last time around."
It’s no secret that stress is bad for your health. It can cause or worsen depression and anxiety, increase heart rate and blood pressure, speed up the aging process, cause weight gain or loss, lead to insomnia—the list goes on. But what if there was a way to reduce your stress levels? What if helping others could actually make you happier?
Well it turns out there is such a way: giving back makes us feel better about ourselves. Studies have shown that people who volunteer have lower rates of depression than those who don't participate in volunteer activities (and even if they do experience some level of sadness after volunteering). They also generally report feeling more satisfied with their lives overall than non-volunteers do! This suggests that giving back may contribute toward improved self-esteem as well as happiness—which is exactly what we want from our time away from work each day!
You'll live longer and feel better.
Helping others may be the best thing you can do for your own health. A recent study found that people who volunteer are less likely to die prematurely than those who don't volunteer, even after accounting for variables such as age, gender, education level and income. Another study showed that people who were more involved in their communities were healthier overall than those who weren't.
Helping others can improve your health.
Helping others increases your happiness, reduces stress and anxiety, improves sleep quality and lowers blood pressure. It also lowers cholesterol levels, improves immune system functioning and reduces the risk of heart disease by 29%. Research shows that helping others boosts physical fitness as well as mental acuity—and it's even been shown to increase longevity!
While it's not a new idea, helping others can actually improve your health.
- Helping others may help you live longer. A 2014 study found that people who volunteer are more likely to die of heart disease or cancer than those who don't volunteer. But researchers aren't sure if the act of helping itself is protective against diseases like cancer and heart disease, or if people who choose to help others have healthier lifestyles overall.
- It could also make you happier: The same study by Harvard University found that people who volunteered were significantly happier than those who didn't—and they also had lower rates of depression and anxiety compared with their non-volunteer counterparts.
- And when we're feeling down or lonely, our thoughts often turn toward what we're doing for others without us even realizing it! For example, research has shown that when we feel sadder than usual (even just slightly), we tend to think about being helpful more often—and this can lead directly back into feeling better about ourselves again!
Helping others can help you feel better. The more you help others, the better you feel. It’s been proven that doing good things for other people actually reduces stress and makes us happier in general. In fact, research has shown that people who volunteer regularly are less likely to suffer from depression than those who don’t.*
You might be surprised by how much better your life becomes when you start helping others. You'll feel less stressed, more energized and happier with everything around you. That feeling of being involved in something bigger than yourself will make each day worth living!
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