If you're experiencing anxiety, you are not alone. We live in very anxious times and no one would deny anyone their feelings. But at the same time, there is a connection between anxiety and depression, and one can often lead to the other. What is that connection and how does this happen?
Two Separate Conditions
Sometimes anxiety and depression are things that are experienced by a patient separately, one from the other. A person may simply have depression as part of their physical and chemical makeup and then be experiencing anxiety on top of it. This anxiety can be caused by outside factors such as a job loss or financial problems, family problems, or other stresses. They may just be an overly anxious person due to their own nature …show more content…
You might compare it to how being obese can sometimes lead to diabetes, but sometimes a person might already be diabetic and then gain weight over time. They are just two separate conditions.
Similar Symptoms for Anxiety and Depression
In addition, there are many symptoms that are similar when it comes to anxiety and depression. Anxiety can lead a person to be distracted, angry, upset, frustrated, and want to avoid other people and situations. Depression can have many of the same symptoms. Being depressed doesn't always mean just being sad, but it can also mean being angry and frustrated and isolating oneself. In cases such as these a person may assume that they have both anxiety and depression when in reality just one set of symptoms is overlapping the other.
Anxiety Leads to Depression
When a person is overly anxious for an extended period of time, this is damaging to them mentally, physically and emotionally. The body is not designed to be at a heightened state of emergency for days or even hours on end. When a person suffers anxiety, depression may be a result of that heightened state of awareness. They are simply wearing themselves out and the body's only way of coping is to force itself to become
Two Separate Conditions
Sometimes anxiety and depression are things that are experienced by a patient separately, one from the other. A person may simply have depression as part of their physical and chemical makeup and then be experiencing anxiety on top of it. This anxiety can be caused by outside factors such as a job loss or financial problems, family problems, or other stresses. They may just be an overly anxious person due to their own nature …show more content…
You might compare it to how being obese can sometimes lead to diabetes, but sometimes a person might already be diabetic and then gain weight over time. They are just two separate conditions.
Similar Symptoms for Anxiety and Depression
In addition, there are many symptoms that are similar when it comes to anxiety and depression. Anxiety can lead a person to be distracted, angry, upset, frustrated, and want to avoid other people and situations. Depression can have many of the same symptoms. Being depressed doesn't always mean just being sad, but it can also mean being angry and frustrated and isolating oneself. In cases such as these a person may assume that they have both anxiety and depression when in reality just one set of symptoms is overlapping the other.
Anxiety Leads to Depression
When a person is overly anxious for an extended period of time, this is damaging to them mentally, physically and emotionally. The body is not designed to be at a heightened state of emergency for days or even hours on end. When a person suffers anxiety, depression may be a result of that heightened state of awareness. They are simply wearing themselves out and the body's only way of coping is to force itself to become