Unhappy Marriage is Bad For Your Health!

30.08.2010 | By: I. M.

The results of the latest research have shown that unhappy marriage can cause serious health problems.

Unhappy marriage causes many physical and psychical problems. (PhotoXpress)

Relationship quality is important

The quality of a relationship is more important than the fact that you're in a relationship. Despite some researches which suggest that married people are generally more healthy and live longer, these marriage benefits are not applied to those who have an unhappy marriage, are divorced or widowed. Unhappy marriage makes the partners feel bad which also shows in their physical health, according to a research recently published in The New York Times.

Unhappy marriage has its costs

The mentioned research showed that:

- Women who have an unhappy marriage or are divorced, but still emotionally dependent on their partner, have a weaker immune system than women who are happily married or divorced.

- 24 hours after a serious quarrel, irregularities appear in the functioning of the immune system with both partners.

- Relationship stress can affect the body's ability to heal. In the research, wounds took a day longer to heal with partners who quarreled compared to those who didn't. With couples who showed a higher tension and a high level of hostile behavior, the wounds took two days longer to heal.

- Married people who are newly single, whether because of divorce or the death of a partner, tend to have more health problems from which they never recover. The research showed that men and women in such circumstances face heart problems and diabetes 20 percent more often than those who are still married.

- Single people are more healthy than those who are divorced or widowed. The latter are also more affected by aging.

- Marriage stress and heart problems has a strong conncetion with women. Women who face the highest level of stress in marriage, increase the possibility of a heart attack and bypass. The connection between marriage stress and heart problems was not confirmed with men.

- In a happy marriage, the partner's touch has a positive effect and reduces negative feelings. If you have such a partner, you feel less afraid and your body forms a stronger connection with the brain. A partner's touch in an unhappy marriage often causes discomfort.

Unhappy marriage causes other problems

Besides the aforementioned health problems, an unhappy marriage can have other negative consequences. Some people have problems with herpes which doesn't disappear for a long time. The visible signs of an unhappy marriage are also dark circles around the eyes, skin problems, weak hair and paleness. Besides physical signs, bad psychical state causes depression or sudden changes of mood. Stress hormones secret faster under the influence of stress and in larger quantities.

All this proves that the basic question isn't whether you have a relationship or not, but whether your relationship is good or bad.