Why Do Depression and Anxiety Go Together?

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Published 2019-02-28
Even though depression and anxiety are different types of disorders, they tend to go together. But why can it happen?

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All Comments (21)
  • @JackDearnley
    Why do depression and anxiety go together? Because even mental illnesses are better at relationships than I am.
  • @KravenErgeist
    The two military commanders of the Stress Empire: General Anxiety and Major Depression!
  • @TonyMacFarlane
    “I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.” Mark Twain
  • @tsunderechild2777
    When you have anxiety, your brain has a solution to everything - avoidance.
  • @lunar_dreams
    For me depression can cause me anxiety and my anxiety makes me depressed , it's a vicious circle :/
  • @ArtyFartyBart
    General Anxiety, Major Depression reporting for duty, sir.
  • @elmerhernandez3780
    If you looking for any way to treat any mental health related issue, I'll recommend magic mushrooms.
  • @ttrev007
    Anxiety actively worrying. Depression exhausted and giving up.
  • @wisdombright9821
    Depression: "life sucks, I want to end it all." Anxiety: " Hey Google, can sleeping kill you"
  • @CobMagnificent
    Thank you guys for doing these videos and this whole channel battling the stigma and misconceptions surrounding mental health.
  • @bobdoll8631
    Depression: i want to die Anxiety: i want to live Depression: i want to be alone Anxiety: i feel lonely i need someone Then you get numb because you feel tired feeling this way nothing anymore you just feel like your soul has died but your body is alive
  • @Carson272
    Psilocybin containing mushrooms save my life. The drastically reduced my benzodiazepine withdrawal allowing me to quite illicit pill addiction after three years of heavy daily use before it would had became medically dangerous to quit
  • @jenaepeterson
    I’ve found that my anxiety causes my depression because it’s so exhausting and frustrating
  • @BRUXXUS
    My depression and anxiety apparently stemmed from decades of unchecked ADHD. When my counselor asked if I'd been tested for ADHD I thought she was joking. Turned out... I have pretty bad ADHD, I've just never been a troublemaker so no one caught it. Once I started treating the ADHD the anxiety and depression resolved too! I thought it was fascinating.