every year in America 12th December To National Ding-a-Ling Day Is celebrated. The purpose of this day is for people to mingle with each other, gossip a lot, dance with each other, play games, have dinner and forget all their sorrows. In today’s virtual world, meeting people has become very important. In fact, since the use of mobile phones has increased, people’s world has shrunk. They do virtual chat but do not actually talk. While social media has connected people around the world to each other, it has also distanced them from their own people. Spending time with your friends and family is therapy. Like America, it is very important to celebrate this day in India too.
excuse to meet people
National Ding-a-Ling Day There is a story behind it. In 1972, a man named Frankie Hayley took out an advertisement in which he wrote with an address that he could join the National Ding-a-Ling Club for only 1 dollar. 871 members of this club became. They decided to celebrate Ding-a-Ling Day on 12th December. In this get-together, he used to invite his friends and relatives, whom he could not meet throughout the year. Gradually this day became famous all over America.
What is the meaning of Ding-a-Ling?
Ding-a-Ling is the sound of a phone ringing. It means ringing a bell in people’s minds. This day was named after the sound of the bell because due to the ringing of the bell, people start talking to each other and connect with each other. The bell was invented in China 4020 years ago. In America in the 1800s, bells were used to gather groups of people at one place.
A person remains happy by interacting with people (Image-Canva)
Being social keeps mental health healthy
psychiatrist muskan yadav She says that meeting people and talking to them face to face is important to improve mental health. For people who live under stress, social gathering works like a medicine. This removes stress and keeps the heart happy. When meeting people, happy hormones dopamine, oxytocin and endorphin are released in the body, which keeps the mood good. Depression or anxiety does not bother people who are social. Such people start enjoying life. He believes in living every moment of his life happily. Negative thoughts do not bother them for long.
Confidence increases
Chat on social media reduces people’s self-confidence whereas face-to-face conversation gives confidence to a person. A person’s self-confidence increases when he meets people. He openly shares his heart’s feelings with people. Not only does this create a positive image in front of the people, it also creates a value for the public. In this way a person expresses his feelings openly.
social bonding becomes stronger
By interacting with people, a good understanding is created between them. Through conversation, their similar likes and dislikes also come to light. When social bonding is strong then a person gets the support of people. Due to this, whenever he gets into trouble, people are always ready to help him. Such a person makes people his strength.
Meeting people saves a person from bad habits (Image-Canva)
Many diseases stay away
US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention According to this, meeting people strengthens the immune system. When a person meets his friends or relatives, he does not feel lonely due to which he does not suffer from heart related diseases. Being social keeps blood pressure under control and if someone is sick, he recovers quickly. Increasing interaction with people also keeps the mind healthy. Research has revealed that elderly people who regularly meet people have good memory and do not stammer. Such people do not suffer from dementia i.e. forgetfulness. Social connection also improves sleep because the mind remains calm.
bad habits stay away
National Library of Medicine According to the study of National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health published in the study of, people who meet more people and make friends with them, they have less scope for bad habits. Such people stay away from habits like smoking and drinking. He is conscious about his health. Their lifestyle is more healthy than other people. At the same time, the risk of premature death in such people also reduces by 50%.
Tags: global health, Health, Mental Health Awareness, relationship, United States of America
FIRST PUBLISHED: December 12, 2024, 15:58 IST
