When a relationship between a couple begins, they dream about riding off into the sunset, having their happily every after. But in reality, relationships are hard work.
It's important to understand each other's love language, to speak openly and from the heart, and to listen and support one another during stressful times. Unfortunately, it's common for many couples to take their stress out on one another, rather than dealing with the problem head on, resulting in a loss of intimacy and emotional distance. To help understand and avoid this problem, our friends from NuCalm have some advice.
How Stress Affects Your Love Life
How many of you have found yourselves taking out your stress on your relationship? It’s common enough to start neglecting a partner or arguing more with a partner when life gets hectic, responsibilities pile up, and you are just plain stressed out. But that doesn’t make it right.
You’re doing this because stress triggers that “fight-or-flight” response within your body’s autonomic nervous system. Naturally, you become more defensive, more vigilant, more primed for conflict, and/or more self-serving. The sympathetic nervous system response has evolved to help you protect yourself. So you may end up starting a fight with your partner or you may just take flight to avoid them entirely--neither benefiting a healthy relationship.
NuCalm's Relationship Advice
- Remove stress. Without an abundance of stress hormones racing through your bloodstream and leading you to poor behaviors, you will be able to face any issues in your relationship appropriately, supportively and calmly.
- Be present. Focus on your relationship and your partner by removing distractions that consume your thoughts and keep your mind elsewhere.
- Get a good night’s sleep. Quality sleep can dramatically improve your quality of life to help you engage more in your relationship.
The great news is that NuCalm can help make all of these suggestions a reality. NuCalm is the world’s only patented, clinically proven neuroscience to manage your stress and improve your sleep quality without drugs or side effects. Call us today to experience NuCalm for yourself, and see how it can help you and your relationship.
