Effects of Negative Thinking!
Your mood greatly affects the way you perceive life. It can be your birthday or your wedding anniversary but once something ticks you off then it might as well be the end of the world.
Unfortunately many people find a lot of things quite upsetting nowadays and oftentimes constant exposure to social media is not helping especially when you find yourself in an online argument against a troll who just called you fat and ugly for no other reason than to insult you.
Yes, life seems to have more downs than ups nowadays but don't let things that drag you down determine your whole outlook on life. Doing so will greatly affect not just your attitude but your overall health as well as your body's chemical processes greatly depend on your mood especially when you're depressed. In fact, being depressed can have detrimental effects on the following:
Sleep quality
When you're mood isn't exactly rainbows and butterflies you might find yourself having difficulty sleeping. In fact being depressed has been proven to be directly correlated with sleeplessness and, as discussed in our previous article, we all know what happens when you lack sleep.
You will also have a tendency to experience fatigue even when you've slept more than enough as you may not see any positive reason as to why you should even bother.
Sex life
Not being in the mood will definitely affect your sex life. In fact a study has even linked depression with lack of sexual excitement on top of their pre-existing health conditions. This could lead to sexual impairment which results to certain sex-related illnesses such as erectile dysfunction.
Confidence
Being depressed also lowers your self-esteem to a point where you might experience problems with social interactions or have trouble telling others of your personal opinions on matters that greatly affect you.
Stress
Stress greatly affects our mood but being in a bad mood also increases our tendency to be stressed even more. This happens when the body's endorphins, the happy hormone, aren't enough to combat cortisol, the stress hormone which is further exacerbated by being depressed.
Body weight
Unfortunately being in a bad mood can definitely lead to unhealthy weight loss or weight gain. For some people, being depressed gives them a lack of appetite and their body ends up being deprived of nutrition which could lead to an increased risk of acquiring diseases. Those who gain weight when depressed are the ones who try to solve their depression thru binge eating particularly sweets
