Women who are in stressful marriages may be suffering with heartaches, in more ways than one. Not all marriages are “made in heaven,” resulting in some very stressful situations. It seems these stressful marriages are not only causing depression, but also resulting in women having higher risks of heart disease, stroke and diabetes.

Many women hope for the perfect marriage with a loving husband, nice home, a family, peaceful dinners,  and joyful vacations together. However, we do not always get what we sign up for. Many marriages have rocky times, especially when partners cannot seem to agree on things such as goals in life, parenting, money issues, and time spent at home. In today’s economic environment, many families and couples are facing new challenges and hard times that we haven’t before, which may lead to some stressful relationships that in years past had not been troubled. Based on new research, stress from a trying marriage may lead to even bigger health problems, in addition to stress and depression.

Marriages are many times trying and it seems based on the new research, those trying times may cause more harm to women than men. According to Nancy Henry, “Women seem to be more relationship oriented.” She said, “We know by research that women tend to base their self-concept on relationships, how they are doing, how things are going for them and we think that’s the reason we’ve shown that negative relationship issues seem to take a greater toll on women emotionally and physically.” Nancy also added, “The gender difference is important because heart disease is the number-one killer of women as well as men, and we are still learning a lot about how relationship factors and emotional distress are related to heart disease.” According to Tim Smith, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at the University of Utah, who is heading a larger University of Utah study on the role of marriage quality in heart disease, says it is too soon to say that stress could make women more vulnerable to physical problems compared to men, even if the latest research suggests it.

Women, work to remove stress from your life and marriage, try to avoid controversy if you can, exercise and eat healthy, it could help you live a longer healthier life.

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