Want to Improve Your Health? Improve Your Marriage
Much has been written about the deleterious effects of stress on one's marriage.
When a spouse suffers from illness, the stress that follows can split the couple. For example, while it is questionable at what point former presidential candidate, John McCain, began dating his current wife - during or after his first wife's illness - he admitted, My marriage’s collapse was attributable to my own selfishness and immaturity.
We are appalled by the behavior of a spouse who not only doesn't support his ill partner but even betrays her.
Stresses from illness of a family member, including children, can destroy the marital bond.
Now we have evidence that the converse is also true: An unhappy marriage can affect a woman's health.
In a study of breast cancer patients over five years, women in distressed marriages had a much slower recovery. Their stress level remained high while that of women in good marriages declined over time.
Happily married women also took better care of themselves, maintaining adequate amounts of physical activity.
The author, Hae-Chung Yang of Ohio State University, concludes,
Women have a lot to lose in an unhappy relationship.
*http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/132334.php
When a spouse suffers from illness, the stress that follows can split the couple. For example, while it is questionable at what point former presidential candidate, John McCain, began dating his current wife - during or after his first wife's illness - he admitted, My marriage’s collapse was attributable to my own selfishness and immaturity.
We are appalled by the behavior of a spouse who not only doesn't support his ill partner but even betrays her.
Stresses from illness of a family member, including children, can destroy the marital bond.
Now we have evidence that the converse is also true: An unhappy marriage can affect a woman's health.
In a study of breast cancer patients over five years, women in distressed marriages had a much slower recovery. Their stress level remained high while that of women in good marriages declined over time.
Happily married women also took better care of themselves, maintaining adequate amounts of physical activity.
The author, Hae-Chung Yang of Ohio State University, concludes,
Clearly, marital distress is a risk factor for numerous poorer outcomes and it is never late to work to improve your marriage, not only for your emotional well-being but also for your health.*
Women have a lot to lose in an unhappy relationship.
*http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/132334.php
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