Sometimes, marriage could be filled with so many challenges that could affect the mental and emotional state of an individual. The mental and emotional state of an individual is a great determinant of the physical state.
Aside the challenges couples encounter in marriage that affect their emotional state, there are other factors that affect the physical state of married people and make them look older than their age.
Most times, due to ignorance and negligence of the routine and activities of spouses, they begin to look older than their age.
Dear ladies and gentlemen!, the reason you’ve been wondering why you’re already looking older than your age is not a cause of nature. This content has the answer to your question. It highlights 6 things married people do that make them look older than their age.
- Too much stress: The stress and strain of life coupled with the pressure to meet up with demands of immediate and extended family is a major reason why married people look older than their age. Stress keeps the nerve on edge and causes easy irritation. Stress also causes weakness and reduces libido which could make couples not to have enough urge to have good times together.
2. Poor diet: A consistent routine of unbalanced diet is another reason why most married people look older than their age. The consumption of food nutrients in their right proportion keeps the body nourished and fresh. But when those nutrients are lacking over a long period, the skin begins to shrink. Aside shrinkage of the skin, consistent poor diet also recedes the body’s immune system. The immune system fails to produce antigens which produce antibodies that fight against diseases, thereby making the individual vulnerable to regular illnesses that could make them look older than their age.
3. Lack of exercise is another reason why couples age quickly. Exercise is very good for mental and physical alertness. It causes the skin to excrete waste product in form of sweat thereby removing dirt materials that could block the sweat pores, thereby giving the skin a refreshed appearance. Exercise also keeps the heart healthy by ensuring a regular and stable heartbeat. Exercise is also necessary to burn excess fat at the adipose tissues, which makes the individual look younger and refreshed.
4. Consistent quarrels and misunderstanding: Mental and emotional stress in marriage from quarrels and misunderstanding is another reason why couples easily look older than their age. When fight and misunderstanding is the order of the day between couples, it takes away the joy and happiness in the marriage. When an individual always frowns and finds it difficult to smile, the facial nerves stifens and makes the skin to shrink easily, thereby causing the individual to age quickly.
5. Sleep deprivation and lying awake at night worrying is another reason why couples easily look older than their age. Life’s challenges alongside marital challenges could combine together to mount pressure on spouses which could keep them awake at night worrying. This is a very sure way for couples to age faster in marriage.
6. Smoking is another reason why married people look older than their age, especially the male folks. Smoking is very harmful to the health and could result to liver cirrhosis ‘hardening of the liver’. The toxins in the nicotine also darkens the liver and perhaps, have a negative effect on other organs of the body. Excess smoking also dries the lips and makes an individual look older than his age.
Nwachineke Onyeke Chekwube reporting, Obinwannem news writer/ October 30, 2021
