10 ways that your mental health affects your daily life

Decision making

When you are engaged in , your decisions tend to be based on reasonable and realistic variables. If you are depressed or anxious, it is highly likely that your thought processes are unhealthy and possibly even dysfunctional. At times when I have felt depressed, I have avoided making long-term decisions that would have a substantial impact on my life. The reason I delayed decision making when I did not feel mentally healthy was that I did not trust my thinking at the time. If we are anxious or depressed we may be operating from a part of our brain that is not logical and well balanced. The right side of our brain is more image-based and uses emotional reasoning when perceiving the world. If your mental health is suffering you will either avoid making decisions or you are more likely to make the wrong decisions.

Self-esteem

It’s amazing how being depressed can affect the way you see the world. When we are functioning well we are more able to dismiss negative thinking and our resilience is higher but when we are struggling mentally our perceptions become distorted. For example, when I have felt depressed in the past I have felt as if I couldn’t do anything right. Making a mistake would take on far more significance than it would when I felt mentally well. I would also…