Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Five Ways Relationships Are Good For Your Health

Out of everyone in the world, many are in a relationship. Whether people are married, in a dating relationship, or even just a friendship, most people have some type of relationship with someone, but few rarely think of the effects a relationship has on someone. After reading the short story, “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gillman, and realizing that Jane’s already compromised state was affected undoubtedly by her terrible relationship with her husband, it brings to light the question if relationships can have medical benefits. In the Live Science article, “5 Ways Relationships Are Good For Your Health” by Iris Tse, it proved how a relationship can be helpful to one’s health. In that case, if healthy relationships are proven to be vital to people's health, they can be more crucial to someone suffering with a mental disorder. Healthy relationships cause fewer mental health problems. In the Live Science article it states, “Overall, people in committed relationships experience significantly fewer mental health problems than single people, according to a study done by Florida State University in 2010, which observed 1,621 college students” (Tse). Not only do relationships

Tse explains in her article, “Brain images from fMRI suggest that early-stage, intense romantic love can activate certain dopamine-rich areas in the brain, according to a 2005 study in the Journal of Neurophysiology.” When these “dopamine-rich areas” get activated it causes us to be happy (Tse). Since this is true, it makes sense as to why Jane was so unhappy. Jane writes, “I cry at nothing, and cry most of the time. Of course I don't when John is here, or anybody else, but when I am alone. And I am alone a good deal just now” (650). She is explaining how because she is not with John often, it causes her to cry and be unhappy. If she were to have that deeper connection with her husband, then it may have helped with her nervous