What are the effects of having a boyfriend/girlfriend on a young person?

                                                                                                            Carmina Linares

       Are you in a relationship right now? Have you ever think how that can help or affect in your life? Here you can see some points that you may consider in your relationship.

    

    The effects of having bf/gf on a young people can be totally different in each relationship.

The principal effects in the relationship can be, have stress, have mental health and have problems in your relationship with others.

    

    Is common that as a teenager or young people we have a lot of stress in our lives. The College, family and a lot of feelings and thoughts in our minds give us stress, plus the emotional stress of relationships is a big chaos.

Teenager also can feel stress if they don’t have bf/gf. They start to think that something is wrong with them or they are not attractive.

   

    On the other hand when they have a relationship this one is a source of pressure for them that can affects in all their lives. They can feel sad, upset and depressed when they have problems in the relationship.

     A good relationship can helps in the mental health for example have a good communication with other, good levels of trust in themselves, interpersonal skills, and provide a better emotional support.  Studies say that have bf/gf helps in the mental health because it can have a positive effect in the person, when they feel that somebody cares about them they feel more support in their lives, they are emotional more sure of themselves.

       Having a romantic relationship also can affect in your relationship with other people, with group of friends that they often hang out with them.

After they have a romantic relationship, they prefer to spend more time with the bf/gf and the friends can be annoying or maybe feel jealous.

Therefore is very important to know divide your time without neglecting friends or studies, the balance is very important.

      Everything depends on what kind of relationship you have, so that can help in your personal life or also can affect.

The solution would be to know how to carry the relationship without affecting your personal lives or your relationship with others.