"Concerns and anxieties about one's close relationships appear to function as a chronic stressor that can compromise immunity, according to new research...."
"Participants with higher attachment anxiety produced, on average, 11 percent more cortisol than did those with lower attachment anxiety....
"Attachment anxiety is considered a phenomenon related to childhood development, Jaremka explained. At a very young age, children learn whether or not their primary caregivers will respond when the children are in distress. If caregivers are responsive, children learn they can rely on other people. If care is inconsistent or neglectful, children can develop feelings of insecurity that might manifest as attachment anxiety later in life.
"Most research that does exist in this area supports the idea that being in very caring, loving, close relationships might be a catalyst to change from being very anxious to not," she said...."
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-anxiety-relationships-immunity-vulnerability-illness.html
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