Positive relationships can boost your health quotient. Relationships play a very important role in our emotional well-being.
In this article, we will see how little things such as gratitude and laughter help strengthen our relationships.
According to experts, relationships have the same impact on our longevity than smoking 15 cigarettes a day on mortality.
When one partner says the golden word thank you, the other person feels that he is in a good relationship. Find, remind and bind, should be your relationship mantra according to Sara Algoe professor at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Gratitude
The participants were 47 couples between the ages of 24 and 40. They were asked to express gratitude towards one another. For the next 30 days, they had similar conversations which were filmed.
They filled out questionnaires each day. At the end of the study, they had some amazing results.
They found that their relationship had become stronger, positive and more adaptable to change than the control group. The researchers say that gratitude can help people build upward spirals of mutual love and support.
Laughter
The researchers asked 77 couples to describe how they met and recorded it. While reviewing the videos, they again recorded the amount of time each couple spent together.
Couples who spent more time together and who had a hearty laugh felt more similar to their partner. They felt an overlapping sense of self with the other person. Laughter is good for relationships.
To put it in a simple way, laughter brought them closer. Earlier studies have said that laughter is an effective catalyst for new relationships. Laughter makes people more open to you. They want to share more about themselves.
This can open up the communication lines which can ultimately strengthen a relationship.
Bottom line
Sharing a few giggles and chuckles, can make the environment more friendly and likable. This is a new day, so be friendly and share a hearty laugh with your partner and often use the magic word thank you. These will act as fodder and make your relationship bloom.
