The Relationship Between Depression and
Anxiety
Most people think that depression and anxiety are two very
different things. The average person thinks that when they are
depressed they slow down, that it becomes difficult to find the
energy to do the day to day activities their life requires.
When people think of depression they often think about laying
around in a darkened room doing nothing but sleeping and eating
potato chips and chocolate bars for weeks at a time.
When a person thinks they are suffering from depression they
often think that their brain waves have slowed down. When the
average person thinks about anxiety they think that their brain
is working too fast. When a person is anxious they often find
that it is impossible to get their brain to shut off, it is
constantly worrying at various issues. When people think of
anxiety they think of a person who is jittery and suffering
from insomnia. Most people feel that depression and anxiety are
two very different things.
The truth is that depression and anxiety often co-exist.
What Is Depression?
Depression is an illness that, although it starts in the brain,
affects the entire body. People who are suffering from
depression often find they feel a change in their thinking,
feeling, and behavior. More often then not people who are
depressed can feel the illness taking a toll on their psychical
health. There is a variety of things, including body chemistry
and outside influences that can trigger
depression.
What Is Anxiety?
Anxiety is the feeling of constantly being worried. People who
suffer from anxiety often find that they are unable to stop
worrying and fretting about things. Because anxiety makes a
person incapable of relaxing it takes a physical toll on the
body. Some of the physical side affects of anxiety include a
change of weight, change and diet, and insomnia. People who are
dealing with anxiety often suffer from anxiety often experience
panic attacks.
The Similarities
Even though depression and anxiety are separate things they
aren’t mutually exclusive. Medical experts have discovered that
as many 85% of patients who have depression also have a
condition called Generalized Anxiety Disorder. In some
situations anxiety issues can use a person to be come
depressed. Forms of depression such as obsessive compulsive
disorder and Post Traumatic Stress disorder originally start
with anxiety.
Helping Yourself
If you are suffering from depression and anxiety there are some
things you can do to help stabilize and in some cases even cure
the conditions. Many people have a great deal of success using
both exercise to help them cope with their depression and
anxiety. Yoga and other forms of relaxation therapy have also
been very successful. Changes in diet can help improve your
well being, as can a change in environment. There are also
several medications available that doctors will prescribe that
will help balance your body’s chemistry and work at helping
alleviate your depression and
anxiety.
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