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Should You Be Getting Anxious over Anxiety Depression?


By Colin Jones

A lot of people that over extend themselves, exhaust not only all their physical strength, but they also tend to over extend their mental powers to the point where they plainly need some old style time off.

A lot of busy people who are unable to understand 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 alter. Fortunately, if you are one of those who is unable to relax and who is constantly worried and fussing over things, there are several cures and treatments available for dealing with anxiety depression.

Anxiety depression is actually characterized by all sorts of irregular behaviour and erratic moods in the person who is suffering from it. This is usually because of specific stress triggers. Also, many people who tend to get easily worked up over stressful activities are actually prone to having anxiety depression. It is actually a matter of being strong-willed when it comes to facing difficult and stress-prone 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 actually save your mental health from going into a downward spiral.

When it comes to effectively curing oneself of a mental illness, one must keep in mind that one has to be honest with oneself and assess what kind of depression or mental illness one actually has. Go to a reputable psychiatrist to get yourself diagnosed correctly as well to get the right depression treatment. Here are the various types 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 characterized by lengthy periods of sadness and a feeling of emptiness in a new mother where physical stress during child birth and / or an undefined sense of responsibility towards the new born baby are just some of the possible reasons why some new mothers go through this illness.

Dysthimia - is characterized by a slight similarity with bipolar (manic) depression, although in this case, it has been proven to be a lot less severe. However, doctors say that any case of depression should be treated at once.

Cyclothemia - is characterized by a similarity with Manic or Bipolar depression wherein the person suffering from this mental disease can occasionally suffer from severe changes in moods.

Seasonal Affective Disorder - is characterized by falling into a rut only during 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 may 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 characterized by someone being overly anxious about given situations. Anxiety is a natural behaviour that actually will help a person cope more with certain stressful activities like a first date or a gruelling exam the following day. Anxiety helps you get psyched up towards facing certain "difficult situations". Therefore, anxiety is actually quite a good, natural emotion.

Anxiety depression however, is just the opposite. However, it should not be lightly dismissed as a "case of the jitters". Anxiety depression is in fact an disease that can be caused by the actual biological DNA of an individual, or in other words, it can be an hereditary disease.

Also, there are actually various types of anxiety depression too, each of which has its own unique characteristics. Take for example Generalized Anxiety Disorder or GAD. This kind of anxiety depression is a lot more complicated than the average anxiety depression, in spite of it possibly being a day-to-day problem for those who suffer from this kind of anxiety depression, Generalized Anxiety Disorder actually makes the individual a lot more paranoid than usual. Anxiety attacks are more frequent, even absurdly so at times.

Suffers can become anxious even when there is no apparent explanation that calls for them to behave in that manner. Those people suffering from Generalized Anxiety Disorder often show a lot of symptoms varying from from lack of sleep, to being unable to relax, getting tired easily, inability to concentrate and suffering from depression. However, this kind of anxiety depression is also curable though.

You should consult a reputable cognitive behavioural therapist who will recommend the therapy that you need to help you relax. Furthermore, prescribed medicines are a must to help these individuals battle anxiety attacks, assist them to calm down and help them relax.

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