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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

Different kinds of treatment for depression are explained in more detail here.

Therapy

Anxiety depression, the two are linked as described above. Different kinds of anxiety therapy include:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • relaxation techniques - deep breathing, muscle relaxation and symptoms of stress and anxiety can be controlled and managed using relaxation techniques. A form of self help and when learned it is extremely beneficial. For more information on relaxation techniques click here

Online counselling

There are many highly qualified professionals waiting to help you with advice - I recommend this service if you feel you would benefit from talking to someone about your problems whatever they are. Click now to register and select an online psychologist to help you through your problem. Take action now!

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 anxiety 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

Self Confidence course and CD Trainer - a really wonderful course which is free and has helped many people and I too have used it and promise that it is well worth signing up for. The Cd Trainer is not free but I have used it also and recommend it. It is worth every penny!

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 with Anxiety; 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.

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