Good friends boost your confidence, but not all friendships are good for you. A multiple studies have revealed that negative friends may have just as much of an impact on your health as uplifting ones. A friendship that creates ongoing stress may lead to higher blood pressure, decreased immunity, worse anxiety and depression symptoms, along with a higher risk of heart disease.
Is it the time to dump your toxic friends?
Here's how the CEO of multimillion-dollar company VaynerMedia explains that advice:
"Maybe if you got rid of one friend or spent a lot less time with one friend who's a real drag and a negative force and added a positive person in your office ... If you switched it from 80 days hanging out with your negative friend and one day with your office acquaintance who's super positive, to four days with your negative friend and 12 with this new person. I've physically watched I mentor in my organizations have a totally different life on that thesis."
Here is another famous example of motivational speaker Jim Rohn, who said that you're the average of the five people you spend the most time with. "The rule suggests that the five people you spend the most time with shape who you are. It borrows from the law of averages, which is the theory that 'the result of any given situation will be the average of all outcomes.' We might interact with many people, but the few who are closest to us have the greatest impact on our way of thinking and our decisions.” as Melia Robinson explained.
In my opinion we tend to choose friends who are somewhat like us. So, if your friend is being toxic, then they deserve to know that their behavior isn't acceptable. There’s risk involved, but the reward might be to rid yourself of anger, hurt, etc.
Be well!
References: Businessinsider Sciencenews
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