People are made to have relationships. The amazing thing is how good relationships can have a positive benefit on our physical health. Let’s look at some of the data1:

• Married people have fewer doctor’s visits and shorter hospital stays
• Married people have less depression, substance and alcohol abuse
• Happily married people have lower blood pressure (unhappily married people have the worst blood pressure)
• People with loving, stable relationships have less anxiety
• Long term couples have less headaches and back pain
• Social support helps stress management
• People in loving relationships get less colds and flu