How can friends be helpful?

Friends can help you celebrate good times and provide support during bad times. Friends prevent loneliness and give you a chance to offer needed companionship, too. Friends can also: Increase your sense of belonging and purpose.

How can I make a healthy friendship?

6 Rules for Healthy Friendships

1. Support, trust, and honesty are givens. Everyone needs a support network — and friendships are the bedrock of our social support systems.
2. Listen to your friends.
3. Ditch the judgment.
4. Don’t talk behind a friend’s back.
5. Respect your friends — and their boundaries.

How can I help my friend stay positive?

It’s the small things.

1. Be 100 percent present.
2. Invite them for a (healthy) meal.
3. Take them for a walk outside.
4. Take them to a yoga or meditation class.
5. Ask them to point out some of the positive things that are happening to them.
6. Invite them to join you in supporting a cause or helping someone else.
7. Compliment them.

What is important in a friendship?

If you and your friend have trust, equality, compassion, honesty, and independence, you already have the foundation of a strong and healthy friendship. Even though it can be hard to recognize when a friendship is weak in some areas, it is always possible to improve yourself and your relationship with a friend.

How can you tell a true friend?

15 Signs That Prove Your Friendship is the Real Deal

1. They notice the little things. A true friend is someone who notices the little things.
2. They show up when it matters.
3. They follow up.
4. They’re dependable.
5. They always support you.
6. They applaud your success.
7. They are not threatened by your success.
8. They are self-sufficient.

How do you help a friend with words?

Why Say Words of Encouragement?

1. You might not believe in yourself, but know and remember that I believe in you.
2. Who cares about the storm?
3. Cheer up, my friend.
4. If you fall, I’ll pick you up.
5. I realize that I am indeed a very lucky person.
6. It’s tough now, but I believe that there is a brighter future waiting for us.