When having a community is key to mental health
Live Mint“There’s a cliche that no one on their deathbed ever wished they had spent more time at the office. It’s a cliche because it’s true,” says renowned American American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Dr Robert Waldinger, who recently visited Mumbai for a collaboration with Rustomjee Real Estate Developers. Waldinger, a professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, one of the longest-running studies of adult life ever done, shares insights that he has about what makes people happy. One finding that’s not a surprise, is that people who were the healthiest and loved the longest took care of their physical health. One tends to get so focused on the child that they begin to lose touch with school friends, with the people we think will always stay in touch and be available to us.
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