Fighting Anxiety Depression -
It’s Your Turn to Walk in the Sunshine
Because he didn’t know about anxiety depression
Jim wasn’t sure where or how to seek help.
“I didn’t know if I was anxious because I was depressed or I was depressed because I felt nervous all the time. I couldn’t sleep, I worried constantly and had an overwhelming feeling of sadness that wouldn’t’ go away. Anxiety depression symptoms were affecting my job performance and my family couldn’t understand why I felt the way I did.
“Finally my wife convinced me to talk to our doctor and he told me that anxiety with depression is a very common problem. He prescribed medication and therapy and now I feel like a new man. I wish I had sought help years ago.”
Depression is one of the most common secondary conditions associated with anxiety disorder. Sometimes the resulting depression becomes the primary diagnosis, so that the underlying anxiety disorder either goes untreated or unrecognized.
It makes sense that severe anxiety can lead to depression. If your mind is crippled by fear you are not likely to be happy or have positive thoughts.
In his informative and insightful book titled “Conquering Stress,” Chris Green talks about his personal experiences with anxiety and depression. In his book, he outlines the coping skills that helped him turn his life around.
“I have had some terrible events happen in my life,” said Green. ”But none of these events caused my problems. What caused my stress and depression was the way I reacted to all of the events I was faced with. I lacked the mental skills to handle the stress they cause.”
In his book, Green shares the coping skills that “brought him out of the fog” and discusses how he has seen those same techniques help others with anxiety depression.
If you have feelings of anxiety, depression or fatigue that severely disrupt your daily life or persist for more than few weeks, you should seek medical attention.
If your feelings seem out of proportion to events that caused them or if there is no specific cause, you should seek help.
Severe anxiety and depression are real illnesses, not signs of weakness, and should be treated by a psychiatrist, psychologist or a licensed counselor.
Millions of people have been successfully treated for anxiety depression. Now it’s your turn to walk out the fog and into the sunshine.