| Depression is a disorder that does not get nearly | | | | Depression disorder actually slows the body in some |
| enough attention. Depressed people are often told to | | | | ways, making you feel sluggish rather than ready to |
| "cheer up" or to "look at the bright side" of things, and | | | | run or fight, and hopeless rather than actively panicked |
| may spiral even deeper when they are unable to | | | | or fearful. If you have been suffering from anxiety |
| simply snap out of the mood that has such a hold on | | | | attacks, the attacks themselves may lead into |
| them. While depression can often lead to fatigue and | | | | depression because of the hopelessness that you feel |
| listlessness, it has a close cousin by the name of | | | | at the hands of the attacks and because of the fears |
| anxiety. Anxiety causes the opposite effect, putting | | | | that are associated with possibly having another |
| our bodies into the "fight or flight" mode that protected | | | | attack. |
| us in the wild. | | | | If your anxiety symptoms have changed to include |
| Anxiety attacks can feel like heart attacks, and even | | | | listlessness, a disinterest in things that used to engage |
| at more moderate levels, anxiety can have a | | | | you, or feelings of hopelessness and self-loathing, then |
| dangerous and very negative effect on our lives and | | | | you may now be suffering from depression disorder, |
| on our quality of living. Anxiety can also lead into | | | | and should be treated accordingly for your medical |
| depression, when a sense of worry and fear for the | | | | condition. |
| future leads into the sense of helplessness and | | | | Depression is not a constant state of being, nor is |
| hopelessness. That is a classic symptom of | | | | anxiety. You might think that because you have a |
| depression. Depression and anxiety are often seen | | | | good number of "good days" that your depressive |
| together, and can sometimes lead into one another. | | | | days are just bad moments that will pass, however |
| Anxiety is a way of describing a certain way of | | | | depression can become worse over time if it is not |
| feeling. It may represent a sense of fear, dread, or a | | | | treated and taken care of, and can lead to suicide if |
| sense that you are in immediate danger, even when | | | | left untreated long enough. |
| you are safe and have no reason to feel this way. | | | | Anxiety and Depression Treatments |
| There are several different kinds of anxiety disorders, | | | | Anxiety can worsen over time as well if it is not |
| including phobias or irrational fears, situational anxiety, | | | | handled properly. There are ways to help with anxiety |
| panic disorders, generalized anxiety disorders, | | | | even without medication. Therapies are different |
| obsessive compulsive disorders, and post-traumatic | | | | depending on the type of anxiety that affects you and |
| stress disorders among others. | | | | on the level of anxiety that you suffer. For a phobia, |
| These disorders can lead to a state of almost | | | | you might be exposed at increasing levels to the thing |
| constant high stress, and can affect your daily life | | | | that you are afraid of. Other therapies might require |
| much to the worse. You may be unable to function in | | | | talking your problems out, and others might just provide |
| certain situations, or you may come to fear leaving | | | | techniques to help you ride out your panic attacks and |
| your own home, and if untreated, the symptoms of | | | | get on with life without letting them affect you more |
| anxiety disorders can lead to many of the same | | | | than necessary. |
| problems as depression, including insomnia or a | | | | Depression treatments are also varied, mostly |
| reluctance or fear to leave the house or to be around | | | | depending on your own personal preference. |
| other people. | | | | Medication can provide you with an effective way of |
| Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression | | | | dealing with depression; however medication is not for |
| Anxiety symptoms can also feel like heart attacks, | | | | everyone. If you are not interested in medication, then |
| with palpitations, shortness of breath, chest pains, and | | | | you might consider other kinds of therapies with a |
| more. You might begin trembling and shaking, your | | | | psychologist who has experience working with |
| mouth might go dry, and you might become dizzy from | | | | depression. |
| the stress of the situation. The body becomes "hyped | | | | Depression and anxiety are related disorders that can |
| up" by your reaction to the situation, and your senses | | | | have a huge impact on your overall health and quality |
| go into a sort of overdrive that is unlike the depression | | | | of life if left untreated. However, both are manageable |
| of the system that happens when you suffer from | | | | conditions that do not have to have an effect on your |
| clinical depression. | | | | daily life. |