3. It can improve your mental and physical health
Yup, that’s right: group activities can make you live longer. According to this study by researchers from Brigham Young University and published in the journal Perspectives on Psychological Science, social isolation can increase your risk of premature death by roughly a third. The researchers argued the findings suggested that social isolation should be considered a major public health risk on the same level as obesity and drug abuse. “This is something that we need to take seriously for our health,” the study’s author Julianne Holt-Lunstad told Time.
