Are You Getting Anxious about Anxiety Depression?

By Colin Jones

Many people who over extend themselves, use up not only all their physical strength, but they also tend to over-extend their mental powers to the point where they obviously need a proper holiday.

A lot of busy people who are unable to fathom the idea of relaxing and taking time of from work, as well as from their worries, have nervous breakdowns, anxiety depression and all sorts of mental illnesses that cause a person's sanity to waver. Fortunately, if you are one of those people who is unable to relax and who is constantly worrying and fussing over things, there are several cures and remedies available for helping you deal with anxiety depression.

Anxiety depression is actually notable for all kinds of irregular behaviour and erratic mood swings in the person suffering from it. This is usually due to specific stress triggers. Furthermore, many people who tend to get quickly anxious in stressful situations are in fact prone to having anxiety depression. It is actually a matter of being strong-willed when it comes to facing problematic and stressfull activities. It may be pretty hard to do at first, but trying to be calm and cool in times of extreme pressure is what will save your mental health from going into a downward spiral.

When it comes to effectively curing yourself of a mental disease, you must keep in mind that you must be honest with yourself and assess what kind of depression or mental illness one suffers from. See to a reputable psychiatrist to get yourself diagnosed correctly as well to get the correct depression treatment. Here are the various kinds of depression:

Manic or Bipolar depression - is recognizable by sudden and extreme mood swings. One minute (day or week) the sufferer is in a state of euphoria whereas the next minute (day or week) the sufferer is in a personal hell.

Postpartum depression - is recognizable by long periods of sadness and a feeling of emptiness in a new mother where physical stress during child delivery and / or an uncertain sense of responsibility towards the new born baby are just some of the many factors why some new mothers go through this illness.

Dysthimia - characterized by a perfunctory similarity with bipolar depression, although in this case, it has been proven to be a lot less severe. However, any case of depression should be treated immediately.

Cyclothemia - is recognizable by a similarity with Manic or Bipolar depression wherein the person suffering from this mental disease may sometimes suffer from severe mood swings.

Seasonal Affective Disorder - is characterized by falling into a rut only in specific seasons (i.e. Winter, Spring, Summer or Autumn). Studies, however, show that more people become more depressed during the Winter and Autumn seasons. And lastly, mood swings, wherein a person's mood can change from happy to sad to angry in a really short period of time.

However, the kind of depression that has been proven to be most prevalent, is anxiety depression, which is actually recognizable by someone being overly anxious about some things. Anxiety is a normal behaviour that actually will help someone cope more with certain stressful activities like a first date or a gruelling exam the following day. Anxiety helps you get ready for dealing with certain "difficult situations". Therefore, anxiety is actually quite a good, natural emotion.

Anxiety depression however, is just the opposite, but it should not be dismissed as a "case of the nerves". Anxiety depression is in actuality an illness that can be caused from the biological make-up of an individual, or in other words, it can be an hereditary illness.

Furthermore, there are actually several kinds of anxiety depression too. Each one has its own unique characteristics. Take for instance Generalized Anxiety Disorder or GAD. This kind of anxiety depression is a lot more complicated than the average anxiety depression, despite it possibly being a daily problem for those who suffer from this anxiety depression, Generalized Anxiety Disorder actually makes the individual a lot more paranoid than usual. Anxiety attacks are much more frequent, even absurdly so at times.

Suffers can be anxious even when there's no apparent reason for them to behave in such a way. People suffering from Generalized Anxiety Disorder actually show a lot of characteristics, from lack of sleep, to being unable to relax, getting tired easily, inability to concentrate on what they're doing and suffering from depression. This kind of anxiety depression is still curable though.

Consult a reputable cognitive behavioural therapist who will give you the therapy that you need to help you loosen up. Furthermore, prescribed medicines are a must to help sufferers combat anxiety attacks, help them calm down and help them relax. - 29881

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