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Is depression linked to anxiety in any way?

Profile: SamWise70
SamWise70 on Jun 13, 2015
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Yes. They are two sides of the same coin. Depression is worry about the past and anxiety is worry about the future/present.
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Profile: Rachel1984
Rachel1984 on Sep 14, 2014
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Yes. For me, any kind of boost in anxiety feeds my social anxiety. I don't get out, and that feeds my depression.
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Anonymous on Nov 15, 2014
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It can be linked to anxiety. Having anxiety can make you depressed by what you are having to go through. You might feel that people are judging you for the way you are feeling and that can make us depressed, so they could be linked.
Profile: Pieta
Pieta on Nov 18, 2014
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Yes, there is a correlation between these two. People who are feeling depressed have a higher risk to also suffer from anxiety and vice versa. For example not leaving the apartment continually could lead to feeling anxious about getting up at all, not knowing what has changed (maybe at school, university, work) and therefore being too frightened to try. Same with the other way around, if maybe you are suffering from social anxiety and you don't dare to talk to others or even strangers, it might leave you feeling depressed for being lonely... That sounds much worse than it actually should, so let's just leave it with: Yes, there's a correlation between depression and anxiety :)
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Nov 18, 2014
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I personally think that you don't have to have depression to have anxiety and vice versa, however, I do think that they could be linked as to be constantly sad and have low self esteem would bring on anxieties and that anxiety can bring on feelings of depression.
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Anonymous on Nov 19, 2014
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Yes, those two very often go hand in hand, and sometimes anxiety can be an introduction to depression
Profile: Mischa
Mischa on Sep 11, 2014
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It certainly can be. You can be depressed because you're sick of being so anxious and the stress is making you feel exhausted. You can be anxious because you worry you'll never stop being depressed, or because your depression keeps you from getting necessary things done and gives you more reasons to be anxious. I've definitely experienced all of these things.
Profile: DanielFab
DanielFab on Sep 13, 2014
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Yes, I think that depression is linked to anxiety, because people thoughts about the future are normally based on past experiences and usually depression is based on that past experiences and when a person suffers from anxiety, may remember the negative experiences instead of the positive experiences and it increases the levels of anxiety and may increase the depressive thoughts.
Profile: Madi
Madi on Sep 14, 2014
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I'm pretty sure that anxiety causes depression most of the times. When you feel like you can't go outside and enjoy others company or going places, I don't know, you begin to feel sad. There are times when people get paranoid because of anxiety, startind to believe that peiople avoid them, and that's a bigger issue that "helps" with depression.
Profile: Shez1703
Shez1703 on Sep 19, 2014
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Absolutely. Anxiety can be very stressful and make you feel very down and confused. This can definitely cause the sufferer to experience depression in some way.
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Anonymous on Sep 24, 2014
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I would say it does have a link. Often anxiety or depression will accompany one another. In my experience my anxiety came after I started to deal with my depression, for others it is the other way but the two do tend to go hand-in-hand.
Profile: CMThornRose
CMThornRose on Oct 22, 2014
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Yes it is, along with OCD, or even Bipolar. I started with anxiety then got depression as well. So yes there is actually a big link.
Profile: NataliaTheBrave
NataliaTheBrave on Oct 31, 2014
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Depression can be linked to anxiety. as a personal past dealer with anxiety/depression, i can say that it has been that way for myself. i think some people are different though, it just depends on how YOU feel.
Profile: Zora17
Zora17 on Nov 2, 2014
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Depression can be triggered from anxiety because anxiety can be very limiting and decrease quality of life, especially over a long period of time, leading to the deep sadness of depression. In this case, the person is both anxious and depressed, making them feel really stuck.
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Anonymous on Nov 4, 2014
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It can be, the more anxiety you feel could lead up to depression because it could get to the point to where it is to overwhelming.
Profile: Nervana1
Nervana1 on Nov 4, 2014
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I think excessive anxiety leads to depression ..the so many uncontrollable thoughts leads to depression ..as when someone is in a place where his inaccurate unrealistic thoughts tells that there is danger which is actually percepted
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Nov 5, 2014
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I personally believe so. I don't think you can feel one emotion solely. Now, I don't think it is a causation, but I believe there is a correlation between the two.
Profile: HelpfulCow
HelpfulCow on Nov 10, 2014
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I think so, if you are for example anxious to meet new people, you can get lonely and sad. This can cause depression.
Profile: JulieAliH
JulieAliH on Nov 11, 2014
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Depression is definitely linked to anxiety. The two often go hand in hand, but not always. People struggling from depression can also be struggling from anxiety; it is not definitive whether or not one causes the other, but there is a definite correlation. Anxiety medicines are even used to treat depression sometimes and vice versa.
Profile: bigjamesycfb
bigjamesycfb on Nov 13, 2014
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Yes it can i started of with anxiety, it made me feel like my whole world was caving it around me that started having an effect on my mental state by making me feel down i didnt wankt to get out of bed in the morning
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