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5 Practical Ways Your Finances are Directly Affected by Your Negative Emotions
We tend to think of our emotions as separate from our work and finances, and beyond our control. The truth is: The chemical reactions that cause emotions have a powerful physical impact on the brain — which, in turn, affects more than how we feel; it affects our perception, judgement, risk-assessment, decision-making, choices, problem-solving, and other practical brain functions.
“Driving with the Handbrake On”
Whenever you’re feeling any negative emotion, your brain and body are in a level of the emergency fight-freeze-flight state.
As part of this stress state, blood drains from the prefrontal cortex of your brain — where you do your cognitive thinking.
This means that whenever you’re feeling a negative emotion, your ability to think clearly, problem-solve, assess risk, strategize, communicate, process information, notice and take advantage of opportunities, and so much more — is adversely affected.
