Can marriage really make people healthy?

As early as 65438+1950s, there were studies on married people and single people, and it seems that married people are happier. One study after another proves that married people are healthier and live longer; The probability of getting cancer or heart disease is smaller, and you don't get sick often; Even if you are sick, you will recover faster than a single person. An analysis article combines the results of many marriage studies, which surveyed more than 250 thousand elderly people and found that widowed, divorced or single elderly people have a greater risk of death than married people. Many studies have found that changes in marital status, such as widowhood or divorce, usually bring more health problems, and marriage seems to be the key to staying healthy. In fact, the American Marriage Health Agency has pointed out many benefits of a healthy marriage, both physical and psychological. For example, people with healthy marriages have more stable jobs and higher wages.

Before we rush to get married or make up our minds to get married anyway, we must understand that there is an important principle behind these studies-the health of marriage itself is very important. Marriage alone is not enough to keep us healthy, and whether marriage is healthy and happy is also very important. If a person's marriage is always full of contradictions and pressures, then he may not be as healthy as a person who has never been married. At the same time, changes in marital status will also lead to greater health problems. A study closely followed 9000 men and women and found that divorced and widowed people are more likely to have health problems than those who have never been married.

Therefore, the quality of married life is much more important than whether you get married or not. People who are unhappy in marriage are not only in worse health than those who are healthy in marriage, but also have higher risk of illness than those who are divorced. For example, the research on the stress of married life and physical and mental health found that the immunity of unhappy women is worse than that of happy women. Another study shows that couples who often quarrel in marriage heal wounds on their skin more slowly, and those who heal wounds the slowest often quarrel the most. In an unhappy marriage, our hearts will be wronged, and women with high marital pressure are more likely to suffer from heart disease; Married men who often have conflicts with their wives have lower scores on some health indicators. Especially when you get old, an unhappy marriage has a greater impact on people. In other words, with the growth of age, stressful marriage may have more adverse effects on health.

At present, the research on marital status can be summarized as follows: if marriage is healthy, marriage will be of great help to people's health. Any unhappy marriage will reduce the quality of our health. You can't just think that marriage is good for your health and you will die in a problematic relationship. If I go my own way, it will probably backfire.