Arguing is Actually Good for Your Health

Have you ever experienced many argues but at all times you kept thinking of the fact that these actually did you wrong and got angrier and angrier on the fact that you were actually prone to these arguments.

Anyhow, according to some lately results of a study performed by the Institute of Social Research at the University of Michigan, engaging in an argument with your boss, spouse, child, family, friends, is better than trying to avoid the unavoidable.

It is the fact of dealing with a problem. Relationships have an important effect for a person’s well being. It is important that we face our problems with pride and we take it into ourselves that arguing is something naturally. According to recent studies the couples that rejected the idea of arguing, were more likely to die at an earlier age than those that expressed themselves. Expressing anger contributes to the development of your control and your optimism things that do not exist in those persons that are afraid of responding to a counterpart.

This study was recently presented at the 118th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, which took place on August 12th.

In dealing with a problem by avoiding it, researchers made a study on this. They took a total number of 1,842 adults aged between 33 years old and 84 years old. For eight days in turn they were asked whether they engaged into an argumentor, in a situation that could trigger them the possibility to start arguing. They as well gave saliva samples for four days.

The vast majority of the participants said that they did not engage in any conflict, forty one percentage reported having engaged in conflict wile twenty seven percentage indicated no tension, whatsoever.

Anyhow, those that related these feelings of arguing were proved to face more negative emotions that the others that just gave loose to their feelings. These negative emotions made them feel upset, angry; have some bad physical symptoms – nausea, aches, pains. The proved fact was that avoiding any conflict triggered more negative emotions and physical symptoms.

The daily cortisol is as well strictly bound to the rejecting of any conflict or argument. People who avoided arguments saw a sharper rise in their morning cortisol levels and a slower decline over time. “They’re less able to calm down over the course of a day,” Birditt said.

Interesting enough is the fact that those that actually argues showed a decreased level of cortisol. This was explained as people that have lots arguments and chronic stresses in their relationships are less reactive to tension over time. As they are more used to it they do not react so badly.

There are some other such studies to be done in this regard. As proving whether it is better to make a difference between the person to be arguing with, avoid arguments with your colleagues, boss and concentrate yourself on your spouse.