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Healthy Friendships: Navigating Healthy and Toxic Friendships, featuring National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day

Friendships are among the most important aspects of our lives. The right people can help us grow, support us through difficult times, and celebrate our successes. However, not all friendships are healthy. Learning to recognize the difference between a positive relationship and a toxic one can lead to better opportunities and help you avoid future difficulties. 


Tips for Healthy Friendships

In a healthy friendship, both people listen and care about each other. You take turns helping and supporting each other, and you feel safe to be yourself. A good friend respects your feelings, your choices, and your need for space. They will be positive and reliable, whereas a bad friend are often mean-spirited and can create problems.

In the YouTube video, "5 Tips for Healthy Friendships', psychologist Dhruvi Sanghavi offers five key strategies for cultivating meaningful friendships while honoring your personal boundaries and emotional well-being.   









What to Do About Toxic Friends


Everyone deserves friends who treat you with kindness and respect. Good friendships help you grow and feel good about who you are. Good friends make us feel happy, safe, and supported. But sometimes, a friendship can start to feel bad or even harmful. It’s important to know what a healthy friendship looks like—and when it might be time to step away.

"13 Signs You Have Toxic Friends & What to Do About It" by author Nicole Arzt from Choosing Therapy, provides a comprehensive guide to identifying and addressing toxic friendships. It explains how to spot toxic behavior in friendships, like manipulation, constant negativity, not being supportive, and ignoring your boundaries. The article highlights how important it is to notice these signs so you can take care of your emotional health.





What are your thoughts on healthy and harmful friendships? How can you tell a good friendship from a toxic one? Share your thoughts and experiences in the comments below!

Featuring...

National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day


National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day is observed every year on May 12. The goal of this day is to help people learn more about fibromyalgia, a long-term condition that causes widespread pain, tiredness, sleep problems, and trouble focusing or thinking clearly. It’s also a time to support those who live with fibromyalgia and push for better research, diagnosis, and treatment.


People and groups around the world mark this day by:


  • Hosting events to share information
  • Raising money for research
  • Lighting up buildings in purple, which is the awareness color for fibromyalgia
  • Wearing purple clothing to show support 


Want to learn more? You can read up on the history of the holiday here: https://www.fmaware.org/fibromyalgia-awareness-day-history/ 






The SPAN Youth Chat

Join us virtually on May 7th from 4:15 to 5:00 PM for a presentation with Jeremy Hayer, as we explore disability and pop culture, examining how accurately movies, television, and video games portray disabled communities. 



Resources...

Link to SPAN's website: www.spanadvocacy.org
Link to SPAN's Youth in the Know Resource Page: Youth in the Know
We're here for you! Call SPAN if you need assistance: 1-800-654-7726.

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