Anxiety and depression - the connection Depression clouds your thinking and makes everything you look at negative.
Your world is no longer colourful and bright but grey and black and nothing seems exciting any more. Your
thoughts have changed what you see and feel. In the same way your negative thoughts can create anxiety about
situations you didn't fear before.
In the same way severe anxiety can lead to depression, after all if your life is crippled by fear then you will
not be happy or positive in your mind. Anxiety depression mind. These three are connected. Your mind is the key
because the answer, along with any necessary treatment or medication, to recovery from anxiety or depression
lies there.
Most common forms of anxiety are not serious and can even be helpful in that stress and anxiety can improve
your physical abilities and make you more focused on the task of facing the particular challenge present. On
the other hand, severe anxiety is something which can affect your life in many negative ways and cause you a
lot of pain.
Severe anxiety disorders include general anxiety disorder (persistent worries and fears about bad things
happening, these fears can actually stop you from doing things you need to do on a daily basis).
Panic is a sudden feeling of terror and the fear about the next panic attack is actually the greatest
part of the problem.
Phobia is a fear of a particular situation or object. One of the most common of these is a fear of
flying.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (uncontrollable thoughts and feelings - obsessions - and the reaction to this
is exagerated behaviour to deal with these thoughts - compulsion). An example of this would be excessive
washing of hands to remove germs.
Post-traumatic stress disorder describes the problem a person faces after a serious traumatic event such
as a natural disaster, accident or crime which causes fear and changes the behaviour of the person for some
time after the event. Everything seems to remind the person affected of that terrible event. In very bad cases
panic attacks can occur.
These and other anxiety disorders require treatment and often therapy. Anxiety disorders can lead to alcohol
abuse and withdrawal from society and depression is quite likely to result.
So what should you do about anxiety?
There are three options:
- Therapy
- Medication
- Self Help
Find out more about treatment for depression
Therapy
Anxiety depression, the two are linked as described above. Different kinds of anxiety therapy
include:
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Cognitive therapy - this therapy involves the patient thinking about the thoughts and feelings
which cause his or her anxiety and changing these thoughts and feelings so that they are more realistic
and helpful allowing the person to manage his own reaction to anxiety causing situations.
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Behavioural therapy - this therapy is highly successful and involves the patient confronting the
fear that provokes the anxiety and this desensitizes the patient with a reduction in anxiety in
situations which before caused a big problem.
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) - the two above therapies can be combined into one technique
which has been proved really effective in treating anxiety, panic disorders, phobias and so on.
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Online counselling
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Medication
Antidepressants and other kinds of medication such as Beta blockers, SSRI's are used to treat
anxiety and depression.
check this page for more information about depression
medication
Self Help
If your anxiety is really affecting you then you must first seek a professional to help you. After
you are diagnosed you can begin to help yourself as well as following what your doctor suggests. Self help is a
very effective tool which anyone can use. Here are some of my suggestions (some of which I have used to solve some
of my own problems with shyness, self esteem, depression and so on)
Relaxation techniques
Self Hypnosis Downloads - these downloads can help you deal with many problems related to
anxiety and are very popular on my sister site about self esteem. Check this page for more information about how self hypnosis can
help you and this page for self hypnosis downloads which
can help you with fears and phobias
Books about anxiety and depression - here are three I personally recommend to you :
1.How to Heal Anxiety
and Depression by Joseph Luciani
For those who are uncomfortable with the thought of entering therapy or using medication, the
self-coaching work here may be just the ticket to greater freedom from depression and anxiety. (There are a few
useful self-tests.) As an alternative to traditional psychiatric options, the self-coaching and "self-talk"
prescribed in the book may work to talk oneself out of temporary mild or moderate depression.
2.Coping; 10 simple
ways to relieve anxiety, fear and worry
Ten simple steps to overcoming the problem and maintaining an anxiety-free life. The tips range
from "Thinking realistically" to "Taking constructive coping actions" and include friendly exercises for combating
a particular aspect of anxiety. I recommend you to read this one!
3.Anxiety and
depression workbook for Dummies
From the well-known dummies series. Struggling to cope with anxiety and/or depression? Have no fear
this hands-on guide focuses on helping you pinpoint the root of your problems and find relief from your symptoms in
a detailed, step-by-step manner. A highly recommended book.
Suffering bouts of depression is one of the alcohol withdrawal symptoms
that a patient may experience when trying to quit drinking.
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