How Different Emotions Can Affect Your Organs?

By Yashika Goel
17 Apr 2025, 10:00 IST

Excessive anger or joy can strain your organs. Chronic stress or negative emotions can damage your immune system. Tap to read how negative emotions affect your health and organs.

Anger-liver

Anger or resentment can impair liver function. It can cause high blood pressure, headache and indigestion. It can also lead to liver imbalances and detoxication.

Fear-kidneys

Chronic fear can put strain on your kidneys. It can lead to fatigue or adrenal imbalances and lower back pain urinary problems.

Grief-lungs

Grief can affect difficulty in breathing and tightness in chest. It blocks oxygen flow and disturbs respiratory conditions.

Sadness -heart

Profound sadness burdens the heart and causes palpitations. Prolonged sadness and grief can affect heart function and blood circulation.

Anxiety- Stomach

Anxiety can affect heart rate and breathing patterns. It can induce stomach imbalances such as indigestion, bloating and irritable bowel syndrome.

Shock- heart and kidneys

Abrupt shocking news affects your kidneys and heart. It triggers insomnia and panic attacks. It affects your overall immune system.

Information Credits

This information is taken from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). However, it is always advisable to consult a doctor for proper medication.