Legendary weapons in World of Warcraft,one trip to Bali, friendship and happiness

Just few words about friendship in relation with happiness and I am done. Not enough time today, getting ready to see the new Sasha Cohen Baron movie, called Grimsby. I am enjoying being back in my little town when I have friends being miserable in Bali.

• According to some research, the number of close friends declined by 33% over past generation. (Not very funny, but most of my close friends at some point in time "unfriended" each other over items drop in World of Warcraft)
• In 1971, a researcher called Trivers said that we start to trade and share resources with others whom we call friends.
• Shelley Taylor point that tendencies toward friendship and connection activate oxytocin and counteract the responses at stress.
• Friendship is associated with better health profiles.
• In 1979, Berkman and Syme found that if you do not have a strong network of friends, you are 1.9 to 3.1 times more likely to die.
• Nancy Adler and Kiko Claser discovered that rich patterns of friendship will result in less stress on daily basis and lower levels of cortisol.

In conclusion, friendship is not only good for happiness, but it is also beneficial to physical health and stress profiles.