Friends got me through my youth. But they’re important in adulthood, too
Everyone knows how great it is to have someone who gets you. Well into adulthood, our friends are the people who sustain us.
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Numerous studies and reports have shown that friendships are integral to mental health and overall well-being.
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Faye Ng Yu Ci
Throughout my schooling life, I have been fortunate to be in the company of friends who made me laugh at their most inane jokes, studied with me till late in school, and tore their sandwiches in half to share when we were both hungry but the canteen was closed.
In the gap year I spent in Boston, it was the friends I met who helped me to settle in, get my bearings and find my community.