Can anxiety cause me to feel depressed?
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Anonymous
July 29th, 2015 3:58am
Absolutely. Sometimes anxiety can have negative effects on your brain that make you feel overwhelmed or hopeless. it can have effects on your life that can bring out depression.
In my personal experience, yes. It builds and builds for me and feels like there's this weight on my shoulders that drags me and my mood down. So I take deep breaths, focus on the positive side of things and soldier on
Yes, anxiety and depression are closely related. Just like depression can cause anxiety. It depends on where you draw the line and how you define the two. Check out the guides on this website for more information.
Having anxiety is the most significant predictor that a person will develop depression. Anxiety can be depressing.
Anonymous
July 25th, 2015 12:22pm
Having lots of anxiety will make anyone feel overwhelmed, but having a lot of anxiety can cause someone to have depression. Constantly feeling social anxiety, feeling all this pressure will most likely cause depressive thoughts, if not, depression.
Anonymous
July 25th, 2015 12:17am
I think anxiety can cause depression yes. Anxiety can be very lonely and that can cause depression.
Anonymous
May 20th, 2015 6:03pm
Of course. You can get depressed because of any problem that you're struggling. Actually this little things are making you depressed in beginning.
From my experience, anxiety can lead to feelings of depression. Anxiety can become overwhelming and seemingly out of control. Anxious thoughts can spin into depressing thoughts, leaving one feeling depressed.
Yes, anxiety can cause one to be depressed. There have been such examples of anxiety leading to depression. One issue with anxiety is indecisiveness. Imagine a scenario where one has been invited to a small gathering in a public place, the anxiety can cause one to not want to go as of the fear of social interaction and judgement. If one does then refuse such a invite after the event has happened and one has not participated there can be a feeling of sadness. One begins to feel lonely and unloved which can lead into a depressed mindset.
Anonymous
July 22nd, 2015 11:32pm
Anxiety can cause you to be depressed. You feel out of control and worthless.Your panic/anxiety attacks will cause you feel like a disappointment.
Absolutely. Having anxiety and not having the proper treatment can cause depression. When someone has anxiety it can consume their day-to-day life and prevent them for working, sleeping, eating, socializing, etc.
In my experience, my anxiety actually turns into depression when I'm experiencing extreme anxiety for too long. I sort of think of it as a cup. All of my feelings are supposed to fit in the cup, but my anxiety is an ice-cube that is taking up room so I don't have so much space for normal emotions. And thus, I overflow, which is my depression. That's just me, though.
From personal experience (mine and friends), it seems that anxiety and depression often come hand in hand. Anxiety deals with your thoughts, often making things seem bigger than they really are. This can feed depression. On the flip side, your depression can feed into negative thoughts that make you anxious.
Depression and anxiety can definitely add into each other, and make each other seem worse! The good thing is, though, that when you get your anxiety in a good position, your depression will be aided a bit as well!
Anonymous
July 17th, 2015 11:38pm
Yes, sometimes anxiety becomes a trait and when you worry and feel nervous you think no one is there to help or no one understands you, so you exclude yourself from social activity. You can also start to feel alone and that nobody cares, which leads to depression.
Yes. Anxiety can make you feel so afraid that you won't be able to do anything without fear. Seeing yourself so numb may lead to depression and you can suffer from both simultaneously. However, you can overcome both of them as well.
Anxiety can sometimes cause depression, and depression can sometimes cause anxiety. They are both mental illnesses that can be reactions to your environment or situations. Whatever causes the mental illness can be many different factors but the most important thing is to never blame yourself for it.
Anxiety can certainly cause depression. When you feel out of control and somewhat panicked, you start to wonder what's wrong with you. Those type of thoughts can open a whirlwind of emotions because you're not in control of your own body.
Of course. The symptons of anxiety result in restlessness, and nervousness, eventually resulting in withdrawl symptoms, leading to depression and lack of motivation and energy to do anything.
Anonymous
July 13th, 2015 8:11am
In my experience it can, I've notice that both anxiety and depression are closely related and one can trigger the other
Yes. Been anxious can lead to depression. The thing that lead you to the state of anxiety can affect everything else that goes on in your life. It takes the joy out of moving forward. You are thus left with the burden of trying to deal with whatever it is along with the many mood swing that you will then be developing. You put that one thing at the center of everything else and if you fail at acconplishing it, it then over comes you leaving you in a state of depression.
Anonymous
February 6th, 2016 11:41pm
Sometimes, anxiety can make you feel depressed. During an anxiety attack, you may feel scared or helpless, and the person will want this to end, which will lead them to doing things they will regret.
Anonymous
July 12th, 2015 12:40pm
Yes chronic anxiety isn't fun, ...... 100char..............................................................
yes many times in many cases people who develop anxiety tend to develop depression also. How ever this is not always the case
Anonymous
February 10th, 2016 6:06am
Yes. Anxiety and depression are often referred to as "the twin sisters." This is because when you struggle with one, you will often experience the other
Anxiety can cause you to feel a lot of things, and depressed is definitely one of them. Anxiety and depression can sometimes go hand in hand. Your emotions really hit you hard with both of them. So yes, you can absolutely feel depressed, especially when you are extremely anxious about something. And I think that is pretty normal.
Anonymous
July 2nd, 2015 8:35pm
Short answer: Yes, Anxiety can cause depression. As well as vcie-versa. Although from what I have seen it is NOT uncommon for the two to go hand-in-hand.
It certainly can, and anxiety and depression tend to co-occur. Some clinical psychologists believe that anxiety and depression actually aren't too different from each other (they're co-morbid, they respond to the same treatment, and have similar etiologies).
Anonymous
July 2nd, 2015 6:17am
Sure. I think it's actually quite common, seeing the answers. My OCD led me into a huge depressive state and often I felt suicidal. Anxiety wore me out and stripped me of hope; I felt like I became what I most feared. Being worn out, I guess I was depressed.
Anxiety can definitely make you feel depressed. When you struggle with anxiety sometimes you can feel hopeless. Feeling that way leads to depression. The best thing you can remember is that you need to have patience with yourself. Anxiety doesn't go away overnight, and working through your anxiety can take a lot of time. Keep your head up, and think of your anxiety as a journey. You will find out a lot about yourself on this journey, and in the end, you will come out stronger.
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