Should You Be Getting Anxious over Anxiety Depression?

By Colin Jones

A lot of 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 plainly need a proper holiday.

Many 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 mental health to go haywire. 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 treatments available for helping you deal with anxiety depression.

Anxiety depression is actually characterized by all sorts of irregular behaviour and erratic mood swings in the person who is suffering from it. This is usually due to specific stress triggers. Also, many people who tend to become easily anxious in stressful situations are actually prone to having anxiety depression. It is actually a matter of being strong-willed when it comes to facing problematic and stress-prone activities. It may be pretty hard to do at first, but trying to be cool, calm and collected in times of extreme pressure is what is going save your sanity from going into a downward turn.

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 characterized by sudden and extreme mood swings where one minute the sufferer is in an high state of euphoria while the next minute (day or week) the sufferer is in a personal hell.

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

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

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

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 sort of depression that has been shown to be most common is anxiety depression, which is actually characterized when someone is being overly anxious about some things. 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 does actually help you get ready for facing certain "difficult situations". Therefore, anxiety is actually a good thing.

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 kind 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 much more paranoid than usual. Anxiety attacks are much more frequent, even absurdly so at times.

Suffers can get anxious even when there is no apparent explanation 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. This kind of anxiety depression is still curable though.

You ought to visit a reputable cognitive behavioural therapist who will recommend the therapy that you need to help you to relax. Moreover, prescribed medicines are a necessity to help sufferers deal with anxiety attacks, assist them to calm down and help them relax. - 30535

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