Comments on: The Connection Of Anxiety And Depression http://www.homeschoolscholarships.com/anxiety-treatments/the-connection-of-anxiety-and-depression Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:33:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Gracie http://www.homeschoolscholarships.com/anxiety-treatments/the-connection-of-anxiety-and-depression/comment-page-1#comment-52 Gracie Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:33:59 +0000 http://www.homeschoolscholarships.com/anxiety-and-depression/the-connection-of-anxiety-and-depression#comment-52 Well, I can speak as an OCD sufferer for most of my youth alone. The OCD caused my anxiety and depression. I would pray for 5 hours/day sometimes because it was never good enough. I had to touch doorknobs 3 times. I obsessed over everything and had unrealistic attachments to it... this happened for about 8 yrs, when I would be stressed especially, but there was residual ALL the time. If you are constantly paranoid and afraid about something unrelated happening if an action isn't done just so, it can induce great anxiety...and having no time for anything but your obsessions/compulsions that you don't like but can't stop anyhow induces great depression. It is a vicious cycle, but one I am proud to say has improved a bit over time... at least for me when some of the trigger stressors were removed from my life.<br><b>References : </b><br>OCD sufferer Well, I can speak as an OCD sufferer for most of my youth alone. The OCD caused my anxiety and depression. I would pray for 5 hours/day sometimes because it was never good enough. I had to touch doorknobs 3 times. I obsessed over everything and had unrealistic attachments to it… this happened for about 8 yrs, when I would be stressed especially, but there was residual ALL the time.

If you are constantly paranoid and afraid about something unrelated happening if an action isn’t done just so, it can induce great anxiety…and having no time for anything but your obsessions/compulsions that you don’t like but can’t stop anyhow induces great depression. It is a vicious cycle, but one I am proud to say has improved a bit over time… at least for me when some of the trigger stressors were removed from my life.
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]]> By: Joy S http://www.homeschoolscholarships.com/anxiety-treatments/the-connection-of-anxiety-and-depression/comment-page-1#comment-51 Joy S Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:31:59 +0000 http://www.homeschoolscholarships.com/anxiety-and-depression/the-connection-of-anxiety-and-depression#comment-51 As answered by another person, OCD is an anxiety disorder. Perhaps it is not so strange that depression goes along with this. It must be very depressing to have to follow the strict rituals of OCD every day and have the rest of life put on hold so to speak.<br><b>References : </b><br> As answered by another person, OCD is an anxiety disorder. Perhaps it is not so strange that depression goes along with this. It must be very depressing to have to follow the strict rituals of OCD every day and have the rest of life put on hold so to speak.
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]]> By: overanxious_neurotic http://www.homeschoolscholarships.com/anxiety-treatments/the-connection-of-anxiety-and-depression/comment-page-1#comment-50 overanxious_neurotic Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:29:59 +0000 http://www.homeschoolscholarships.com/anxiety-and-depression/the-connection-of-anxiety-and-depression#comment-50 OCD is an anxiety disorder, and POSSIBLY involves similar brain locations (amygdala, cingulate and forntal sites) and neurotransmitters (serotonin and norepinephrine) to depression. But there is much still to be learned about anxiety and depression.<br><b>References : </b><br> OCD is an anxiety disorder, and POSSIBLY involves similar brain locations (amygdala, cingulate and forntal sites) and neurotransmitters (serotonin and norepinephrine) to depression. But there is much still to be learned about anxiety and depression.
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]]> By: jaybah http://www.homeschoolscholarships.com/anxiety-treatments/the-connection-of-anxiety-and-depression/comment-page-1#comment-49 jaybah Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:27:59 +0000 http://www.homeschoolscholarships.com/anxiety-and-depression/the-connection-of-anxiety-and-depression#comment-49 I think the answer to this question to sum it all up into one would be a chemical imbalance, or just flat out depression. I am someone who suffers from all three of those, but I maintain thanks to medication. My advice to you if you suffer from any of these would be to seek out a doctor and try to get prescribed some kind of medication that can help you. It is a hard life to lead without some form of medication and (or) help.<br><b>References : </b><br>personal experience I think the answer to this question to sum it all up into one would be a chemical imbalance, or just flat out depression. I am someone who suffers from all three of those, but I maintain thanks to medication. My advice to you if you suffer from any of these would be to seek out a doctor and try to get prescribed some kind of medication that can help you. It is a hard life to lead without some form of medication and (or) help.
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]]> By: laurarara http://www.homeschoolscholarships.com/anxiety-treatments/the-connection-of-anxiety-and-depression/comment-page-1#comment-48 laurarara Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:25:59 +0000 http://www.homeschoolscholarships.com/anxiety-and-depression/the-connection-of-anxiety-and-depression#comment-48 Because they're all caused by chemical imbalances in the brain.<br><b>References : </b><br> Because they’re all caused by chemical imbalances in the brain.
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]]> By: Blue jay http://www.homeschoolscholarships.com/anxiety-treatments/the-connection-of-anxiety-and-depression/comment-page-1#comment-47 Blue jay Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:23:09 +0000 http://www.homeschoolscholarships.com/anxiety-and-depression/the-connection-of-anxiety-and-depression#comment-47 <b>How can you explain the connection between depression, anxiety and OCD?</b><br>Why sometimes they go together? How can you explain the connection between depression, anxiety and OCD?
Why sometimes they go together?

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