Maintaining Intimacy With Your Partner, Can Be An Antidepressant

Illustration of maintaining intimacy with a partner (Unsplash/Josue Michel)

YOGYAKARTA – The most intimate personal relationships and partnerships in romantic relationships, have a huge impact on mood. This was unearthed by researchers and it was reported that an unhappy marital relationship was associated with a much higher risk of depression than a successful marriage.

Depression is commonly associated with career disappointments, financial declines, and disruptions to daily routines, such as sleeplessness. Depression is also associated with social stress and conflict in personal relationships. This comes to the attention of Joel Block, Ph.D., senior psychologist and staff member of the Northwell Health System and Assistant Clinical Professor at Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine.

In the treatment of depression, psychotherapy is needed and sometimes hospitalization along with more serious measures. In addition to all these forms of treatment, there is a way to fight depression, namely interpersonal intimacy.

Love in which one another opens up and validates one another is the most natural mood booster. How to interact in a loving relationship can be useful in maintaining a sustainable relationship and also as an antidepressant.

Intimacy with a partner, characterized by openness, acceptance and real validation. It is also a 'weapon' to fend off depression. Block adds to his findings, each and every person longs to be loved and accepted as they are. And the best love relationships give you the opportunity to find the things you miss.

Openness to a partner, may not be as easy as imagined. The problem is to build self-security, a person is often alert and difficult to open up emotionally to those closest to him. However, Block's suggestion was reported by Psychology Today, Monday, June 20, pouring out feelings and revealing yourself to loved ones can bring each couple closer emotionally.

Ongoing relationship satisfaction, based on openness and respectful validation. That way a person doesn't feel like they have to withdraw and still feels quite secure in a relationship. Plus, expressing deepest feelings is a link that needs to be considered an important thing for antidepressants.

How do you and your partner get closer and build a relaxed mood with each other? There's nothing wrong with trying Block's suggestion, namely by building intimacy with your partner both emotionally and physically to stay away from depression.