Make love, not war…for your health.

When was YOUR last bitter fight with your significant other? Remember the heavy feeling afterwards. You’ve said much that you didn’t mean and succeeded in making the other party sound like a horrible monster. Research is showing what you may suspect already. FREQUENT fighting and HARSH words are damaging to your health.

MARRIED COUPLES. ARGUMENTS. BLISTERS. What do these things have in common? They were instrumental in a recent research studying 42 couples married at an average of 13 years, age ranging 22-77 years old. After an antagonistic fight, they found that BLISTERS on each person’s arms take LONGER to heal, compared to that after a calmer fight. On a bigger scale, argumentative couples heal MORE SLOWLY compared with more harmonious couples.

Researchers theorize that the stress caused by these antagonistic encounters could increase the RISK of damaging your physical and mental health.

References:
Archives of General Psychiatry, December 2005
American Academy of Family Practice, Quantum Sufficit, March 1 2006.