Monday, December 16, 2019

Arguing the Merits of Bickering



December 15, 2019

There is evidence to show that constant bickering with your partner is stressful, and therefore a health hazard.

Another school of thought is that bickering can actually make couples healthier.

One take on this is that the bickering relieves stress; today I heard a snippet on the radio that said that the body’s immune system reacts to bickering the way it would to a threat, and ramps up.

If that’s the case, I know couples who should never have been sick a day in their lives.


(My take is that some bickering is inevitable unless your partner is a clone of you. But constant bickering is indeed stressful, and you should get outside help if that’s what you’re doing.)



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