Mental health plays a bigger role in heart heath than others may think. Mental health condistions such as depression, anxiety, and stress can increase the risk of a heart disease through physiological effects like elevated blood pressure, increased heart rate, reduced blood flow to the heart, and higher levels of stress hormones like cortisol, which can contribute to plaqu buildup in arteries over time. Stress, anxiety, depression and other mental health condistion can be hard to navigate. However there are several ways to help reduce stress, and anxiety. Making sure you get enough sleep, exercise, deep breathing, yoga, mainting a healthy diet, practicing relaxation and some much more.