Do you think friends are important to happiness?

Question

If you think that friends are important for a person to obtain happiness, in your perspective/ viewpoint how friends play an important role in our life?
For happiness of course

Please list the points...
Such as
Friends are important in sharing our feelings
Friends are important when we are in trouble
Friends are important when you
decided to do something but you can handle it on your own
etc

Answer 1

friend's are very important in a person's life. the kind of people you class as friend's will show what kind of person you are and how you want to be percevied. friend's (true firend's) will be there for you when you need them most to listen and help comfort you in your time of need. They are also very important to how successful you are in your life, because without their support you would not get where you would want to get. and the best thing about friend's is that you can choose who want to be your friend. so yes friends are very important to a persons happiness:)

Answer 2

REO Speedwagom lyrics. "I used to be lonely until I learned about living alone"
I have few friends that I see almost never but I have many acquaintances I see constantly. The difference is that a friend will stay in contact with you after you're hundreds of miles apart.
the points
As far as feelings go I can dump them on a stranger or light acquaintance better because I don't know them so I don't care what they think of me or my problems/weaknesses
Only if they can help me out of the trouble
I was taught and trained to handle things on my own
Solitude can be as good or as bad as too many friends. It takes the right friends to make happiness. Think of the older couples that have been married for years and move away from all they knew to live out the final years. they only have one friend on hand everyday, each other. But they're happy

Answer 3

Friends are there to share, Happiness and satisfaction is only gained by sharing. We have all played the game of not sharing be it sweets (candies) or a visit to a place of interest.

I have no fear of being on my own in fact I quite like it but the best times are shared times, especially in the things that go wrong and are happily laughed about a little time later, you know what I mean those things that perhaps annoyed you at the time

Answer 4

No, because happiness depends on how you decide to react to a situation, and each situation in each moment. Lasting happiness is made up of moments, one after the other, in which you are happy, and being happy is simply deciding to be happy regardless of the situation. A mean person doesn't make you angry, for example, YOU decide to become angry with what they do. Therefore the ability to be happy rests solely on how you decide to react to any given situation. Being happy or sad about a predicament doesn't change the situation, but is the "cushion" on which you sit while you deal with whatever situation is at hand, and it is far better to be content and happy while dealing with a situation because you will think more calmly and rationally then if you were sad or angry. Friends are helpful to maintaining happiness because they give you more readily available opportunity to exercise compassion to help them be happy, which in turn helps you be happy! My 2 cents anyway.

Answer 5

yes i think friends are important to you feeling happier. I had some self esteem counselling about a year or so ago, and my therapist ( i am english by the way not american) talked about using people for different things, and i dont mean using people to get what you want. Have you ever gone to a friend with a problem and come away feeling worse? that friend probably wasnt very good at helping you with the type of problem you had, say you had an emtional dilemma and she was like oh pull yourself together, ideally thats not what you need to hear, you need in depth consrtuctive advice. so you need to put people in bubbles, those who are good at practical issues, those who are good at encouraging and empowering you, those who you go out socialising with, even though you love their company they could be bad at giving you emotional support. you do this by trial and error, and if you need to write down who does what fine, there is nothing wrong with that, its about getting the best out of your life and your friends. no doubt you have friends who come to you when they need a specific type of help,

Good luck

Answer 6

When I'm alone, I'm in good company. Friends are the spice of life. Having a friend and being a friend is a reciprocal arrangement. Give and take. What a lovely arrangement. Life wouldn't be half the fun without friends. Heres to you and your friends.

Answer 7

Well I think other people besides yourself is important to happiness, because I don't believe being by yourself will make sure happy for the rest of your life.

They are loyal and always there for you (keep in mind, these are descriptions of real friends, not every friend)
Considerate about your feelings
and of course, honest

Answer 8

I think contentment is an inner state of being and not the result of something one has like material possessions, security, friends etc. Those are all outer influences. To be happy for no reason at all from within is what one calls true happiness.

Answer 9

Hapiness can't be defined as it's different for each individual, or person. Nor can it be obtained like a mortgage. And we rarely if ever know those who play the most important roles in our lives: senior politicians, bankers, major terrorists etc.

Answer 10

double edged question. those with friends will say they're happy, those without will say the same. many miseries have been instigated by friendship. if folks support you in YOUR goals and achievements, then you can count them as friends, if they don't then drop them like a hot potato. some folks rely on family as a support unit. i think you need both. happiness is support, if we all had a little more time for each other then who knows... One Love!