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32 Ways Toxic Relationships Can Affect Your Physical and Mental Health
Do you have a toxic relationship in your life?
Toxic relationships are not just emotionally damaging. They can be physically destructive, too. The effects of toxic relationships on your physical health have many aspects that you should be aware of if you’re in an unhealthy relationship or dating someone who is constantly making you feel bad about yourself.
These include anxiety and depression, which affect your mental state and how well-rested you feel; chronic pain, which may come from the stress in your life; high blood pressure because of the anger created by feeling like a victim; weight gain due to eating more when stressed out, as well as increased risk for heart disease and stroke caused by inflammation.
There are also some less obvious ways that toxic relationships can affect our health: they may lower our self-worth, making us more vulnerable to depression and suicide.
This is particularly true in teenagers who are in toxic relationships with friends or boyfriends/girlfriends that make them feel inferior.
Toxic relationships can also induce sleep disturbances, which will show up in the form of irritability during the day if you’re not getting enough rest at night, as well as hurt your immune system due to increased…
