Can anxiety cause me to feel depressed?
KellyCanary
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Jul 9, 2015
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Yes! Like two sides of a coin, both can often not exist without the other. With emotional intensity often comes a feeling of low self worth/sadness. It is something we need to be aware of and work on!
Gilbertron
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Jul 10, 2015
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Not necessarily. I don't want to stereotype so I'll just say its that way for some people and others not.
Anonymous
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Jul 10, 2015
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In my experience, yes it can. When you feel anxious you tend to overthink which can make you feel depressed
Nem94
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Jul 10, 2015
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Yes. Anxiety and depression often go hand in hand. Anxiety can leave you scared of doing usual day to day tasks this can make you feel down for not being able to cope with something simple. It goes on and on in a circle wearing you down.
butterflykisses27
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Jul 11, 2015
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Yes it can. With anxiety you feel out of control. You also have expectations where you think because your anxious other people might be able to notice your really anxious. Feeling judged by others and or yourself can also lead to depression.
StevensLion
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Jul 11, 2015
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In my opinion, anxiety and depression pretty much go hand-in-hand. I've never met anyone with depression who didn't have anxiety and I've never met anyone with anxiety who didn't have depression. I, myself, have both of those things, as well. I could be wrong, because I am not a professional, but it's simply an observation of mine.
I also do believe having anxiety can cause someone to feel depressed quite a bit. It can give someone low self-esteem because they're always too scared to do anything because of their anxiety.
kindheartedJoy94
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Jul 12, 2015
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Yes it can. Anxiety usually makes a person overthinks about the matter or the challenge he/she going through Our minds tend to think of the bad consequences or results rather than the good ones. Consequently, the person starta to feel sad and even misrable, which often leads to depression. One thinks that there ia no solution for his issue, therefore, he becomes depressed.
KintsugiLady
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Jul 12, 2015
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Anxiety and depression go hand in hand many times. I don't think one directly causes the other (any which way) but more like the imbalances that create one, be them hormonal, chemical, emotional, etc., can, and many times do, cause the other too. The upside is that plenty of times when one gets better the other also does, so the way to recovery doesn't have to be twice as long.
7cupsofRebecca
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Jul 15, 2015
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In my opinion, it can. Often anxiety and depression occur alongside one another. I've known of anxiety leading to depression. For example, someone wanting a boyfriend very badly. They feel nervous knots in their stomach as they try to talk to him and get him to like them. Their anxiety gets so bad that they can't sleep and they feel dizzy. After some time, their mind detaches from the situation and the person starts thinking "Whatever. It doesn't matter anyway. He was never going to like me. I'm a loser", etc. They stop feeling symptoms of anxiety and start feeling those of depression - low mood, suicidal thoughts, avoiding their friends.
Anonymous
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Jul 16, 2015
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That really depends on the person. Having too much anxiety might cause the person to feel frustrated or powerless which might lead to depression.
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