It is often said that it is a nice method to spend time with other people to alleviate stress. However, in my opinion, spending time alone is more helpful for relieving it. My resons for this are that people can spend it withiout someone's interrution, and that they are more likely to get stressed when spending time with someone.
First of all, there is no interruion when people spend their free time alone. To be specific, they are able to choose the leisure activities that they wanted to do. According to the Minstry of Recreation of Korea, the amount of leisure time spent alone had dramatically increased by 35 percent over the past decade. This shows that a lot of people prefer spending their free time alone because of freedom.
Second, spending free time with other people could give rise to more stress. This is because people get to face different views when getting along with other people. According to the study conducted by Seoul National University, there was a dfference in the level of stress between two groups: Group A was made up of those who spent their free time alone, and Group B consisted of those who spent their free time with their friends. After a week, the raised level of stress such as irritation or anger was observed in Group B in comparison to Group A. This shows that spending free time with other people impacts people in negative ways.
To sum up, not only does spending free time alone make people do activities they want, but also this reduce the level of stress efficiently. For thses reasons, I agree with the statement people should spend their free time alone. |