does stress affect your relationship

@jhl930 (3601)
United States
November 10, 2008 2:33am CST
i know that we all get stressed out and we don't mean to take it out on our other but sometimes we do, i know that i am not the only one in a relationship like this where sometimes we get stressed out at other people and we get short with each other, and she has even admitted that she does this to her step dad before, and sometimes i have gotten short, like when we start to have a disagreement about something i'll just say do whatever because i don't want to fight, i was just wondering if anyone else was like this, does stress affect your relationship? i would like to take this time to thank everyone for taking the time out of your day to come by and read and review my discussion and hopefully answering, and trying to help me, and i hope that you all have a great day and night tonight, thanks again for taking the time to stop by.
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@jsitko (1169)
• United States
12 Nov 08
Stress can ruin a relationship even if that stress has nothing yo do with the relationship. The one thing that has really helped us out is that i get home about an hour to an hour and a half before my husband, so my stress level has fallen a little by that time. Then I get started in the kitchen and sometimes cooking helps me relax. He comes home a little stress and I sit there and listen to how his day went so he can relieve some of his stress. We try to give each other 15-20 minutes to get some of the day out of us and that way we can concentrate on us and not the stress. However, if we are the stress to each other and we know we can be, we go into separate rooms or go about and get things done so we can have our own cooling down time. This way we do not mad at each other or say things we do not mean. It doesn't work all the time, but we give it a try.
@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
11 Nov 08
Relationships can be very stressful at times. My husband has a very stressful job, he is operations manager with a lumber yard, and he didn't know how to handle the stress so many times he brought it home and took it out on me. I talked to him about it several times over the last 10 years and I have given up. There is no talking to a person when they are stressed. No reasoning, I found out. So after the last 10 years of him being mean to me a lot, I gave up talking about it, and I left him. It is now 7 months since I left and we are now talking. Why did it take for me to leave for him to see the light? He wants me to move back in but I just can't. I don't trust him to not take things out on me again. Alrighty then, talk to you later my friend. Your friend, Chris
@ana3173 (420)
• Philippines
11 Nov 08
if the stress is in the house , it really affect the relationship, from children to adolescent to adults it will affect the relationship with spouse and other family members. the body tries to overcome stress by certain physiological adjustments, if the body succeeds then after sometime the physiological adjustments and the stress symptoms revert back to normal. stress is a normal physiological rsponse of the body to a hostile environment and symptoms of stress are manifestations of this response. If it fails the physiological adjustment and the stress symptoms persist. It is their persistence of the response that matters. the person may develop Physical,physiological or psychological problems. he may not be able to lead a normal life. if not relieved may change the person life from good to bad, bad to worse, worse to worst. so stress no what age group it affects, no matter what it affect, should be tackled so that the person can lead a normal life.
@fabzyboy (130)
• Belgium
10 Nov 08
yes it does affect your relationship you see it may be stressfull being in a relationship but the thing that you need to do is talk... if you can talk about things that are on your mind you will have less stress if you share the stuff that stresses you in the first place it really really helps well it helps me in my relationship ;) i hope i was helpfull:)
• India
11 Nov 08
Yes, it definitely does. After twelve hours of a hard private job as an editor in a publishing company, I feel really irritated and short be it the husband, child, maid or friends or relatives. Since the stress has already dipped the level of the feel good hormones, we feel this crankiness psychologically. That is why it is advised to have a warm bath, srink herbal tea, relax sore feet in warm water and tell everyone you need their support and warm bear hugs to beat out the stress.
@iamcdy (1119)
• Philippines
10 Nov 08
Sometimes, stress affects my relationship with my boyfriend. Even though I try my best to avoid it, there are times that I was not able to control my feelings. Especially when I was stressed at work, I talk to him about the problems that I encountered that day and I end up getting mad at him when he starts suggesting or making comments. Afterwards, I just feel better and we become okay. I am just so glad that my boyfriend is very understanding as always. Well, I guess stress is always there and it may really affect a relationship but it is just a matter of understanding which will ease it and make things better again.
@jazel_juan (15746)
• Philippines
10 Nov 08
yes stress really affects my relationship with my family, i just recently had work and i am still trying to adjust on how i should schedule things and how should i prioritize things and at times it is really stressful so at first me and my husband often had disagreements especially things at home. But i am just lucky my husband understand my part and we got over that period..but still at times it affects our relationship...the solution is always communication we always sit down and talk about it