Stifling words during fight deadly for women
Stifling words during fight deadly for women
Study: Those who stayed silent 4 times more likely to die of health probs.
Reuters Aug 20, 2007
NEW YORK - Women who force themselves to stay quiet during marital arguments appear to have a higher risk of death, a new study shows. Depression and irritable bowel syndrome are also more common in these women.
Such “self-silencing” during conflict may have provided an evolutionary survival advantage long ago, and unfortunately may be a necessity for women in abusive relationships, Dr. Elaine D. Eaker of Eaker Epidemiology Enterprises in Gaithersburg, Maryland, the study’s lead author, told Reuters Health.
Eaker and her colleagues found that, over a 10-year period, the most striking finding was that women who self-silenced were four times more likely to die than women who expressed themselves freely during marital arguments.
There’s no danger of that happening to me! Well, I used to have problems expressing myself, but not anymore. Actually I don’t like the sounds I make when I am arguing. 
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August 21st, 2007 at 7:09 pm
looks like expressing ourself during arguments isnt so bad after all.
Aku selalu ka express feeling aku enti nda puas ati but aku cuba ka hide it sometimes,tapi nampaknya nda entu manah gak mendiamkan diri tuk…
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August 21st, 2007 at 7:12 pm
Tusah agi enti mendiam, geram enda dilepas .. makan dalam ko kitai.
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August 21st, 2007 at 7:15 pm
sigi iya…kadang-kadang aku selalu main cakap lepas aja,walaupun jako nyak pedas mimit…baru puas ati aku…asalkan org nyak dah nemu nama utai yg kitai nda setuju.
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