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Married people are less stressed than single people

Married people are less stressed than single people
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It turns out Married people are less stressed than single people

Compared to single, divorced people, those of us that are married people tend to have lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol.

That higher level of stress also comes with more health issues, so it also means people who are single for a long time could have more health problems than married people, who only feel like they’ve been married a long time.

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