A lot of young women are on the pill and use it for a variety of different reasons including contraception, their skin and to help ease period pain.
However, scientists have confirmed that oral contraceptives, such as the pill, directly effect our ability to process emotional situations. A paper published in European Neuropsychopharmacology, found that women on the pill are less emotionally in tune with themselves and find it hard to be emphatic with others.
The researchers tested 73 women altogether; 18 of them didn’t take oral contraceptives, 30 of them were on the pill and 25 of them were on their pill-free week break. They tested three factors including; emotional recognition, perspective-taking and affective responsiveness.
What the scientists found is that basically women on the pill scored the lowest when it comes to emotional response. According to Sina Radke, a neuroscientist at Aachen University;
'If oral contraceptive use is linked to a reduced ability to recognise emotions, this might ultimately have negative consequences for relationship quality… by leading to more conflict. In light of the widespread use of oral contraceptives across the globe, effect of them are of interest to millions of users, their partners and society.'
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