Feeling Depressed or Irritated? Maybe Your Bra is to Blame!

How Our Clothing Impacts the Way We Feel

For many women, feeling depressed and irritable has long been attributed to hormonal imbalances as well as the imbalance of the daily stresses of life including balancing family and career. For some women, however, the persistent mood fluctuations may, actually, be attributed to clothing selections, especially when choosing intimate apparel.

Intimate apparel, such as bras, lingerie, slips and panties, can impact a women's health. Because intimate apparel is designed to life, shape and form our physical appearance, many women have found this shapely figure may come at a higher cost. With the constriction of bras, for example, the lymphatic system can be impacted, thereby impacting the entire body.

Because the lymphatic system is a vital part of the immune system, women should strive to keep the lymphatic system in balance as the necessary removal of toxins and fluid work to keep hormones in balance. With lymph glands around the breast area, the constriction of a bra, worn for an extended period of time, can result in the failure of toxins to be filtered from the body, ultimately leading to impaired health, especially emotional health.

The same can be said for women who wear tight or form fitting clothing. Because the clothing is designed to fit tightly and shape specific areas of the body, a woman may be impairing the flow of lymphatic fluid throughout the body, resulting in a further imbalance of hormones.

Additionally, there is some medical research to suggest the impairment of lymphatic fluid, whether by constricted bra fitting or tight fitting clothing, may ultimately lead to the promotion of breast cancer cells. Because the lymphatic fluid is not able to reach specific areas, a women's breast cells may become unhealthy and compromised, leading some medical research to suggest this woman is at a greater risk for developing breast cancer.