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[C1319]Cure For Anxiety And Depression

by David Mcevoy, Dav

Some symptoms associated with anxiety include:

? Rapid heartbeat
? Tightness in the chest
? Breathlessness
? Diarrhoea
? Dry mouth
? Frequent urination
? Sweating
? Light headedness
? Difficulty swallowing

In some people, and nobody really knows exactly why, attacks of anxiety can become prolonged, happen repeatedly, and are severe enough to interfere with their ability to carry out normal routines and activities. If this is the case then they may be diagnosed as suffering from an anxiety disorder.

Anxiety Disorders

Along with the physical symptoms of anxiety, the individual can feel irritable, unable to concentrate or focus, not in control of their actions and could feel they are losing it or going completely mad. There are several different types of anxiety disorders.

Generalised Anxiety Disorder ? the person feels anxious, nervous or keyed up a lot of the time, often about minor stresses at work or at home or perhaps without even knowing why they are feeling anxious.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ? a variety of symptoms can follow a severe or life threatening trauma including a lot of anxiety, recurrent and distressing memories, thoughts, images, or feelings associated with the trauma that interferes with normal daily life

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ? Recurrent thoughts and urges (obsessions) that result in repetitive thoughts or actions (compulsions) in order to relieve the anxiety brought on by the obsessions. For example, obsession about dirt evokes a compulsion to repeatedly wash hands

Phobia ? an extreme fear of something that is not in proportion to the reality to the extent that even thinking about it can evoke anxiety and panic, for example, fear of experiencing an embarrassing or awkward situation from which there is no escape, or fear of leaving a safe place (agoraphobia) may prevent someone leaving the house

Panic Disorder ? Recurrent panic attacks with a severe attack of anxiety and fear that happens without warning and for no apparent reason

According to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE), 5% of the population in the UK have Generalised Anxiety Disorder and 1% suffer from Panic Disorder. It is important to get an accurate diagnosis in order to get the appropriate treatment as anxiety can also be a symptom of other conditions including an underlying illness or substance abuse, and anxiety will often accompany some form of depression.

Depression

Feeling a bit low or down in the dumps from time to time is quite normal, but if the symptoms don't go away after a couple of weeks and are affecting your normal routines, then it is possible that you are suffering from depression. Around 10% of the population in the UK suffer from depression at any one time.

Some symptoms associated with depression include:

? Feeling tired and lethargic for most of the time
? Persistent low moods and sadness, a feeling of despondency
? Sleep disturbances, either inability to sleep or sleeping too much
? A pessimistic outlook on life
? Feeling anxious and nervous
? Feelings of worthlessness or guilt
? Frightening and irrational thoughts
? Loss of pleasure in activities and lack of interest in sex
? Avoidance of social contact and social situations
? Loss of appetite or an increased appetite and associated weight loss or weight gain
? Emotional outbursts for no apparent reason
? Irritability

Depression can affect anyone at any time but some people are more at risk than others, for example, the long term sick and unemployed, the socially isolated, those in prison, anyone with a previous history of depression themselves or in their family or anyone battling with drug or alcohol addiction. Life changing events can sometimes precipitate an episode of depression, for example, redundancy, divorce, physical illness and disability or bereavement.

Sometimes people will seek help from their GP with symptoms of both anxiety and depression.

Mixed Anxiety and Depression

According to government statistics, in the year 2000 only 2.8% of the population suffered from depression without any symptoms of anxiety whereas just over 9% of adults in Britain were suffering from mixed anxiety and depression and this figure had increased from previous years suggesting that the numbers are growing. No one knows exactly what causes either anxiety or depression because there is no single cause; however, there are certain factors that appear to contribute to both anxiety and depressive disorders and these include the possibility of chemical imbalances in the brain, a genetic tendency, personality and personal life experiences or a combination of these factors. Treatment will usually consist of a mixed approach involving medication and psychotherapy techniques such as cognitive behavioural therapy.

Bet you were hoping that I was going to offer some magic pill that you could take to make it all better, well sorry, it doesn't work like that. The thing is, there is nothing that can stop you from suffering from depression, except you. You might not like this much, but it's the truth, and that's why I'm going to tell it to you anyway.

Your depression isn't caused by the partner you have or the one you don't have or the one that left you. It isn't your job or your kids or the way you were bought up. It isn't caused by your abuse or your dysfunctional family or your weight. None of these are the cause of your depression. You are. Think about it, throughout your depression, what has been the one constant, remaining factor? You.

Have you ever caught a cold? I'm sure you have. Colds are picked up from outside of us, we inhale them, ingest them, then they grow and make us feel like crap. But you don't get depression in this way. Depression isn't something you get, it's something you do, it's a process. That tells you can, if you know how to, choose not to do it. Yes it's a choice. Sorry to all of you who were hoping that the answer would come from somewhere, a packet of pills or a doctor or a counsellor, it won't. It won't because you already have it, you already the expertise to cure yourself. You just have to know how to use it. And no amount of drugs, or talking about your ?problems? are going to help you find it. You need re educating, you need to learn another way.

Yes it's a choice, I know you're questioning that part, thinking ?well I obviously wouldn't choose to feel like this.? Here's the thing, you've done it so much, you've got good at it. Congratulations, you've become a master at depressing yourself. You're hard wired to go there now, it's automatic, like a habit, it's almost as if you have no control over it at all. But you can and you will.

I know you've tried to change, you tried to fight it, using all of your will power. But making changes to the unconscious using will power is not at all easy, it's a battle. However, making changes to the unconscious is in fact easy, when you know how to do it, or when you meet someone who's good enough to do it for you.

If you are absolutely committed to changing, I mean totally committed, you can change so quickly. You can change in a day. I promise you, it's true, I've seen it happen, I've experienced it myself. It wasn't cheap and it wasn't all that easy, but if you pay cheap you pay twice, if it's as easy to do, it's easy to forget. If you want to change and you are absolutely committed to doing it, you can do it, you can change in a day.

I don't know what you want from life, I don't know how your life will be different when you've stopped depressing yourself, but I can tell you that it will be completely worth the investment. How much money do you waste each year on warranties, that cost as much as the product you've bought, or paying fees that could have been avoided, or putting your money in the wrong savings account, or taking a holiday that you didn't enjoy? When would now be a good time to invest in yourself? Invest into who you are as a person so that you can grow and feel good about being the worthwhile person that you truly are?

Everybody has experienced the loss of someone or something that they care for, and for me, this highlights the necessity for us to live our lives to the full, to live happy and free. For every person that ever told you that you're not worth it, I'm here to tell you now that you are, to tell you that you can be and will be wonderfully happy and free, so what's the one thing you need to commit to doing for yourself to let yourself know you are worth it, you are worth ever penny of that change.

Someone once told me that success is the greatest form of revenge. Now I'm not saying that you have anything to prove to anyone, but when you change, when you do it for yourself in this way, you will surprise a lot of people who expected little else from you, and that's a really great feeling.

You can change in a day, make a turning point.

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