Anxiety and concerns about close relations can make you fall ill by reducing immunity. Such concerns function as a chronic stressor that compromise immunity, reports a study that found that the most affected are those who are on the high end of the attachment anxiety spectrum.
Signs of high relationship anxiety are excessive concerns about being rejected, having a tendency to constantly seek reassurance that they are loved, and those more likely to interpret ambiguous events in a relationship as negative. Such persons are prone to produce higher levels of cortisol, a steroid hormone that is released in response to stress, and have fewer T-cells, which are a measure of the immune system’s defence against infection.
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Hindustan Times- Wellness,
17/02/2013
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