Can Friend Groups Help or Harm Mental Health?

[Shree]

Social circles can bring laughter or peer pressure, comparison, and gossip. Have you ever felt mentally exhausted after spending time with certain friends? How do you identify which connections truly lift you up?

 

[Teri W]

Friends groups provide an provide a outlet for people to relax and that helps to boost mental health. When you have a circle of good friends, they are willing to stand with you through difficult times, giving support and encouragement. Knowing that you have such friends would boost your mental health.

 

[Brem]

Ones friend group can be great for your mental health, but also keep in mind that you can have bad friend groups too, usually it stems from hanging out with the wrong crowd, and they teach you to do offensive things or invoke peer pressure on you resulting in you taking drugs. So it depends on the friend group you choose.