Women who experienced stalking or obtained restraining orders have a higher risk of heart disease. Being with a narcissist, an abuser, or a stalker hurts more than your mental health. It literally hurts your heart.
As a woman, you should know that being with an abusive man means reducing your life expectancy by increasing your risk of interpersonal violence (domestic violence), spousal murder, and heart disease.
Ladies, if you have ever been stalked, this includes you, too. According to a study released last month by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health:
The risk for cardiovascular disease was 41% higher in women who had experienced stalking — and 70% higher for women who had obtained a restraining order — compared to those who had not.
According to WebMD, for women, the risk of heart disease goes up with age. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women over age 40, especially after menopause. Each year, more than 400,000 U.S. women die of heart disease in the United States. This translates to approximately one death every minute.
It’s not just your emotions that are at risk when it comes to loving the wrong person.
When you are the victim of domestic violence, stalked, and forced to resort to legal remedies, such as restraining orders, your body is put on a stressful, high alert status. It screams DANGER and leads to abnormally high levels of stress.
More than anything, your body wants you to maintain a safe, happy, and peaceful equilibrium to be healthy.
Hurting more than your feelings, this particular kind of stress leaves a heavy impact. Specifically, even when accounting for diet and exercise:
The study, published in the scientific journal Circulation, found that the risk for cardiovascular disease was 41% higher in women who had experienced stalking — and 70% higher for women who had obtained a restraining order — compared to those who had not.
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