How Do Lifestyle Diseases Affect Your Emotional Well-Being?

[Lolita]

Diseases like heart disease or type 2 diabetes, often linked to lifestyle, can stir up complex emotions, frustration, shame, or fear. How do these conditions impact your emotional health? Have you found ways to process these feelings, like journaling, therapy, or lifestyle changes? Share your journey and tips for staying emotionally balanced.

 

[Urvashi]

Lifestyle diseases like diabetes or hypertension can weigh heavily on your mind. I noticed stress and anxiety rise when managing chronic conditions. It affects mood, motivation, and social life. Emotional support and healthy habits are essential to balance both body and mind.

 

[Nomad]

Once you have lifestyle diseases, you might have to take medicines for life long. Medicines do not cure your diseases, it only suppress your symptoms and this can take a toll on your mental health and emotional health.