Acts of kindness are an excellent method to strengthen sentiments of social connectedness. Now, according to a study, the best medicine for curing depression and anxiety might just be kindness.
A recent study from The Ohio State University found that small acts of kindness can help people combat sentiments of worry and sadness. Researchers claim that doing good actions results in significant mental health gains that are not evident with two other therapy modalities that are frequently employed to treat the diseases.
Perhaps more significantly, study co-author David Cregg notes that acts of kindness were the only mental health intervention that was evaluated to make respondents feel more connected to others. David Cregg directed the research as part of his psychology PhD dissertation at OSU.
“Social connection is one of the ingredients of life most strongly associated with well-being. Performing acts of kindness seems to be one of the best ways to promote those connections...
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