It increases your blood pressure.
The health risks associated with hypertension—or high blood pressure—include conditions like aneurysms, dementia, metabolic syndrome, and heart failure. And unfortunately, there appears to be a direct correlation between depression and hypertension. According to a 2019 study published in the journal Health Psychology, people with serious depression are 50 percent more likely to have high blood pressure compared to those without it.
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