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Intro Whether you're lovesick or sick of love, it's hard not to think about relationships and all they bring during this time of the year. Difficult dinner reservations and price-inflated Valentine's Day roses aside, a steady, committed relationship does offer some benefits. Here are five ways romantic relationships can be good for you. Fewer mental health problems Couples may occasionally drive each other crazy but not literally so. Overall, people in committed relationships experience significantly fewer mental health problems than  single people  , according to a study done by Florida State University in 2010, which observed 1,621 college students. In fact, the study showed that those not in committed relationships who had more  sexual partners  also had more physical and mental health problems. The same trend can also be found in post-college adults. Compared with those in relationships, single men and women have comparatively higher levels of depression, anxiety, mood disorders, adjustment problems, suicidal behavior and other forms of psychological distress, according to a 2002 review in the American Journal of Sociology. The study also showed that men and women in relationships experience equal benefits in terms of mental health. However, the author acknowledged that mental health is likely both a consequence and cause of being coupled up those with mental health issues are also less likely to be in a committed relationship in the ?rst place. Reduced pain Popular ballads might bemoan that " love hurts  ." However, research has shown the opposite is true love can actually help numb your pain. A 2010 study published in the journal PLoS ONE examined the relationship between pain relief, feelings of romantic love and activation of reward systems in the brain. Researchers subjected 15 college students who said they were intensely in love to mild pain they placed a heat block in the palm of the students' hands while showing them pictures of a loved one or an equally attractive stranger. The results showed that a picture of their loved one distracted them from the pain, but a picture of another person of equal attractiveness was not as helpful. Images of their brains using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) confirmed that while looking at pictures of their romantic partner, they experienced increased activity in reward-processing regions of the brain, and decreased activity in pain-processing regions. The students also performed a word-association distraction task while the heat block emitted moderate-intensity heat. In this case, their pain levels were reduced by an average of 36 percent while they were distracted by doing the task, but decreased by 44.7 percent while they looked at pictures of a romantic partner. Reduced stress It's easy to assume that a low-maintenance, drama-free romantic relationship should be relatively free of stress. To boot, there are studies to back that up. Recent studies have found that single people are more prone to psychological stress than those who are married or in a steady relationship. Relationship status can affect the production of cortisol, a stress hormone, during stressful events, according to a 2010 study by University of Chicago and Northwestern University researchers. And a 2008 study in the Journal of Family Psychology found that women with supportive spouses experienced less marital strain and in turn, were better at tolerating relationship stresses. The researchers also suggested that partners who are satisfied with their relationship are in a better position to provide support when the other partner experiences stressful events. Longer life Longitudinal studies and census data have shown that unmarried adults had a higher probability of early death than those who were married and living with their spouses. A 2000 study by the U.S. Bureau of the Census of 281,460 people over age 45 found that non-married people had a significantly increased risk of death over the study period compared with married people, even after adjusting for other socioeconomic factors. Similar effects have also been shown in Great Britain, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands. In fact, a 2011 study published by University of Pennsylvania researchers in the Journal of Aging and Health found that being continuously married (as opposed to being continuously single or transitioning between separation and divorce) led to longer lives among men with low income and socioeconomic inequalities. Although the researchers cautioned that it's difficult to assess the causal effect of marital status from observational data, it's possible that married people, even those who have undergone divorces, have more supportive social networks and children that stimulate continuing family contact than unmarried singles, hence extending their life expectancy. Happiness Some  lovesick  couples seem to revel in showing how happy they are. They can't help it some of them truly are happier than singles. Studies have shown that when we look at the face of someone that we are truly, madly, deeply and passionately in love with, it engages certain areas in the brain. Brain images from fMRI suggest that early-stage,  intense romantic love  can activate certain dopamine-rich areas in the brain, according to a 2005 study in the Journal of Neurophysiology. These areas are associated with reward, desire, addiction and euphoric states. In fact, one of these areas, the anterior cingulate, is responsible for obsessive thinking, cognition and emotion the characteristics of love. Interestingly enough, the researchers also said the fMRI images of a brain in love were slightly different than the images of brains that were sexually aroused. Related:  5 Ways Relationships Are Terrible for Your Health Follow MyHealthNewsDaily on Twitter @ MyHealth_MHND .
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Ljubavna veza u službi zdravlja Boravljenje u zdravoj, predanoj vezi punoj ljubavi ne donosi vam samo sreću i zadovoljstvo, ono vam pozitivno utječe i na zdravlje Ljubav je jedna od najjačih ljudskih emocija koja je u stanju pomiriti sve razlike među osobama i ujediniti ih u jednu cjelinu koju poznajemo kao romantičnu vezu. Iako u svakoj vezi može biti uspona i padova, ružnih svađa i lijepih trenutaka za pamćenje, samo bivanje u zajednici s voljenom osobom može pozitivno utjecati na ljudsko zdravlje, a evo kako: Manje mentalnih problema i poteškoća Iako parovi ponekada mogu dovesti jedni druge do ruba ludila, predana veza štiti njihov um. Naime, istraživanje provedeno na 1,621 studentu sa sveučilišta Florida State pokazalo je da osobe u vezi imaju značajno manje mentalnih problema nego samci i serijski ljubavnici koji ne mogu zadržati partnera duže od prvog seksa. Također, studija iz 2002. godine pokazala je da su samci, kako muškarci tako i žene, depresivniji, tjeskobniji, skloniji samoubojstvu te imaju većih problema s raspoloženjem i prilagodbi nego osobe u stabilnoj vezi. Manje boli O tome kako i koliko ljubav boli snimljeno je pregršt filmova, a i samu tematiku je uglazbio Nazareth 1976. godine u svima znanoj pjesmi „Love Hurts". No, znanstvenici kažu kako ljubav ustvari može djelovati suprotno, odnosno, otupljuje bol. Naime, studija provedena 2010. godine pokazala je da volonteri kojima se stavila vruća cigla na ruku osjećaju manju bol dok gledaju slike voljene osobe nego kada su im bile prikazane fotografiju jednako privlačne ali nepoznate osobe.Magnetna rezonancija je pokazala da fotografija voljene osobe pobuđuje dio mozga zaduženog za nagradu, a smanjuje moždanu aktivnost u dijelu zaduženom za procesuiranje boli. Smanjuje stres Ne mora se biti nuklearni fizičar kako bi se zaključilo da je mirna, staložene veza bez previše drama ujedno i oslobođena stresa, a postoji i niz studija koje to dokazuju. Istraživanje sveučilišta Chicago i Northwester pokazala su da samci imaju veću sklonost psihološkom stresu nego osobe u vezi ili braku, a znanstvenici su uočili da veza može smanjiti lučenje kortizola, stresnog hormona, u stresnim situacijama. Nadalje, studija iz 2008. godine pokazala je da partneri koji pružaju potporu svojem supružniku žive u vez s manje problema u braku, a time i manje stresa i depresije. Dulji život Nekolicina nevezanih međunarodnih istraživanja provedenih u SAD-u, Velikoj Britaniji, Švedskoj, Danskoj i Nizozemskoj potvrdila su istu stvar, samci prije umiru nego osobe u braku. Iako znanstvenici nisu sigurni zašto je to tako, pretpostavljaju da potpora bračnog partnera i djece doprinose zdravom obiteljskom odnosu, dok samci nemaju takav poticaj okoline. Sreća Ljudi u vezi su sretniji od samaca, a znanstvenici tvrde da sami pogled na osobu u koju smo zaljubljeni do ušiju potiče lučenje dopamina koji stimulira dijelove mozga zadužene za nagradu, požudu, ovisnost i euforiju. U stvari, jedan od stimuliranih područja mozga je prednji cingulum koji je zadužen za opsesivno razmišljanje, spoznaju i emocije - karakteristike ljubavi.