Do Not Engage: 10 Good Reasons Not To Feed Into An Argument
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Jazmine Denise
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You’re trying to manage stress
A study conducted by the University of California Irvine found that arguing leads to increased blood pressure, stress on the body, and greater health problems later in life.
“Exposure to emotional stress may be of greater potential harm to cardiovascular health than stresses that lack emotion, even though both types of stress may have provoked the same initial responses,” said Laura Glynn, UCI assistant professor of psychiatry. “Preventing the damaging effects of stress may involve not only reducing exposure to stressors, but also reducing opportunities to ruminate over past stress.”
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