You might be shocked to discover a rather
tragic statistic. Not everyone in prison is a career criminal who
was born into a horrible family, then shaped by abuse and neglect into a seething sociopath. In fact, over half of the people
who are convicted of violent crimes are first-time offenders who
commit crimes against friends or loved ones.
Immune systems. Consider the ground breaking research done
by Dr. Janice Kiecolt-Glaser and Dr. Ronald Glaser. They studied
the immune systems of couples who had been married an average of forty-two years by comparing those who argued constantly
with those who resolved their differences effectively. It turns out
that arguing for decades doesn 'f lessen the destructive blow of
constant conflict. Quite the contrary. Those who routinely failed
their crucial conversations had far weaker immune systems than
those who found a way to resolve them well. Of course, the
weaker the immune system, the worse their health.