mental health

Here is more to back up the need for communal connection - for something we have lost that is primal to our being.

STUDY ON FRIENDSHIP AMONG WOMEN By Gale Berkowitz

A landmark UCLA study suggests friendships between women are special. They shape who we are and who we are yet to be. They soothe our tumultuous inner world, fill the emotional gaps in our marriage, and help us remember who we really are. By the way, they may do even more.
Scientists now suspect that hanging out with our friends can actually
counteract the kind of stomach-quivering stress most of us experience on a daily basis.

The UCLA study suggests that women respond to stress with a cascade of