Marriage, itself, is No.
7, followed by getting fired from a job.
Marital reconciliation is No.
9, followed by retirement.
So, what are we to make of this other than adulting is hard?
But not all stress should be regarded as negative.
Moreover, getting married can affect your health in positive ways.
There’s a lot to unpack, so let’s get started.
According toPlanned Parenthood, birth control pills fail to prevent conception in around 1% of cases.
Healthlineidentifies five possible reasons for this.
Changes in routine, which may also involve stress, can affect the menstrual cycle.
So too can weight gain, which is a very common phenomenon after marriage.
And, of course, during pregnancy, the menstrual cycle stops temporarily (viaPlanned Parenthood).
The researchers concluded that marriage may affirmatively protect against mortality by offering a potentially healthier lifestyle.
This remains true even if one becomes divorced or widowed at some point, albeit to a lesser extent.
Moreover, only 16% of female homicides are committed by strangers.
Accordingly, seems like by getting married, a woman puts herself at a higher risk of being murdered.
By contrast, widowed patients with laryngeal cancer were found to have a less favorable prognosis.
Given that marriage often leads to weight gain, this may seem alarming.
However, these stats are based on the general population i.e., both married and unmarried individuals.
Such women experienced more restlessness during sleep than those who were already married at the start of the study.
Single women, by contrast, are only 30% more likely to suffer from insomnia.
What the 2008 study did not resolve, however, is causation.
So how can these two seemingly contradictory scientific findings be reconciled?
The 2007 study, which came out of Ohio State University, would appear to shed some light.
In other words, marriage can improve one’s emotional well-being, but for some more than for others.
“We were surprised,” study co-author Adrianne Frech remarked toLive Scienceabout these results.
The average age at which dementia is diagnosed is 83, according to a2017 studypublished in Demography.
That’s what a2017 studypublished in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry concluded.
The study authors also noted that dementia is underdiagnosed in people who aren’t married.
This was found to be true for both men and women.
Being widowed, in particular, increased the risk of stroke in men.
But results may vary depending on relationship strength, according to a2016 studypublished in the Journals of Gerontology.
The questions provided information about the respective couples' relationship quality and dynamics.
