Thursday, January 27, 2011

How Debt Affects Your Health




Debts does not only hurt your wallet it also affects your health. With the down economy right now most of us have sleepless night worrying about debts. Did you know that having burden of too much debt can affect your health in many ways? There are recent studies that people with higher debt-stress were more likely to experience health issues.

Debt is our worst nightmare. Having financial problems could lead to a negative effect on your health. Such as stress due to lack of sleep, because you are worrying every night on how you can pay your debts. You easily get irritated which can also affect your work and relationship with your co-workers. Stress can cause you a lot of hassles in life and can even get you in trouble.

You can also experience depression due to debt problems, that can lead to lack of appetite and lack of interest in everything you do. Some people take negative copings such as drinking alcohol, gambling and worst getting into drugs.

Long term debt stress on our body could increase the risk of heart attacks, hypertensions or diabetes. There could also be weight loo or gain weight.


We should not let debt take our lives. Now if you think you have debt problems, seek help now! Try consolidating your debts. You should not be ashamed of it, the sooner you ask help the sooner you’ll start to feel better and live a happy and healthy life.

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