How Does Cheating Affect A Person?

We know that cheating creates pain within the people we love, it can also impact anyone that is close to them as well. Have you ever wondered how does cheating affect a person not only emotionally but their physical health too? You might have cheated on someone and feel like you need to tell them the truth that you cheated. What will happen after you tell them the truth? If they are sick or struggling in life you might not want want to tell them, until they are feeling better because studies are showing that cheating on your partner also affects their physical health too.

What Does The Data Say?

Whether They Blame Themselves or Their Partner Makes A Difference

A Journal of Social and Personal Relationships has found that women who put the blame on themselves for the reason why their partner cheated were at an increase of risky behaviours. Interestingly noted that when they put the fault on their partner, it was not related to risky behaviour. Risky behaviour examples expressed as increased use of alcohol or marijuana, engaging in sex under the influence of drugs or alcohol and even over-exercise.

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Whether They Blame Themselves or Their Partner Makes A Difference

A Journal of Social and Personal Relationships has found that women who put the blame on themselves as the reason why their partner cheated were more likely to engage in risky behaviours. Interestingly noted that when they put the fault on their partner, they did not engage in risky behaviour. Risky behaviour examples expressed as increased use of alcohol or marijuana, engaging in sex under the influence of drugs or alcohol and even over-exercise.

Can Cheating Affect A Person Differently Based On Gender?

Yes, women tend to be affected more by cheating than men. This might be because women sometimes place a higher level of importance on the relationship as a view of their own self-worth and self-identity. A woman who was cheated on is more likely to have mental health issues and act out in risky behaviour due to their self-identity being damaged.

Does Cheating Affect A Person Differently If They Stay In The Relationship Or Leave?

A study that mostly focused on younger people, the medium age of 20. Showed that the acts of risky behaviour did not change very much whether the person being cheated on decided to leave the relationship or stay. This suggests that cheating is so distressing that these reactions are so deeply impactful that it happens regardless of whether a person stays in the relationship or not.

What Happens To The Brain?

The Brain and Pain

The University of Michigan conducted a study that showed two parts of the brain, the secondary somatosensory cortex and the dorsal posterior insula which both process pain. Interestingly when the participants looked at photos of recent ex’s both areas of the brain lit up. These parts of the brain are also connected to processing discomfort associated with rejection and social exclusion. Cheating can hurt physically because infidelity is a rejection of our core values as a monogamous couple.

The Brain Thinks It Just Quit An Addiction Cold Turkey

The feeling of love in the brain is just as stimulating as cocaine to the brain. When someone is deeply in love they will experience huge stimuli inside of their caudate nucleus, which releases large amounts of feel-good chemicals. This feeling is addictive and motivates us to attempt the same behaviour that will give us more of that same feeling. If that feeling is taken away by someone cheating the body will react the same way as if they quit a strong addiction, such as cocaine or nicotine.

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Women Learned They Later Made Better Choices For Mates

Men seem to be fairly stubborn, for some reason men don’t learn to pick better partners after being cheated on. Men just keep making the same mistakes with partners, probably by not taking things slow and they start rushing the relationship. A study asked 5,705 women from 96 different countries how they felt after a breakup with a partner that cheated on them and then left them for another woman. In a section of the results, they learned that 6 months to a year later the woman reported that they had evolved their choice of mate. They felt like they learned how to pick better partners that where better suited for them and called it a ‘silver lining’

-How does cheating affect a person? It is a little different for everyone, but we know that the emotions associated with infidelity are so strong it can even create physical pain. We also know it depends on gender, age and the ability to cope with stress. Being cheated on is not a light matter, it can have long term consequences that affects a persons health and quality of life.

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