Let's Talk About It/The Many Ways Love Can Make You Healthier

It's pretty hard to deny that being in love feels good. But did you know being in love is also good for you? It turns out that falling head over heels has quite a few tangible health benefits. Studies indicate that love impacts our mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing in unexpectated ways, and might even help us live longer.

It's no surprise that having the support of someone who loves you makes it easier to cope with stressful situations. But it turns out that love itself can reduce stress on a chemical level. As you move out of the honeymoon phase with your partner, oxytocin, the bonding hormone, starts to settle in. This hormone which gives you the "warm and fuzzies" when you're cuddling, is a powerful stress reliever.

Feeling loved can make you less anxious, but the effect is much stronger in stable, long-term relationships than it is in new romances. We're told that being in a loving relationship can heal us from within, but  did you know that it has the power to help us heal on the outside too?

The study also revealed that the stress from an ordinary half-hour argument can slow healing by at least one day.

Being in love is linked to heart health. Studies show married people have half the risk of dying from heart disease as unmarried or uncoupled people. A 2015 study found that married people were 14% less likely than their unmarried counterparts to die in the hospital after a heart attack, They also stayed in the hospital an average of two days less.