Anxiety and Depression

Anxiety And Depression

Anxiety And Depression is a big problem in New Zealand and all over the world,

and It is growing as well .It affects all ages and anyone can suffer from it.

A lot of people do not know what Anxiety And Depression are.  

Anxiety is when you get very nervous and this feeling can be in the way of either physical pain like pounding heart or stomach cramps, an effort to breathe or hot flushes making you feel sweaty..  Anxiety can also affect you mentally by negatively affecting your thoughts, behaviour and your health.

Depression is more than just having a bad day.  Depression can affect your thoughts and behaviour and can be as a result of many things.  Some suffer from depression as a result of a tragedy in their life (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder).  Post-Natal Depression is also common with women who have had children.

Symptoms

The main symptom of Anxiety and Depression is people hurting themselves or others.  Anxiety can affect people where they are unable to do what they need to as their Anxiety prevents them from doing it.  Depression works in a similar way, but can have more of a serious effect when they are unable to deal with the depression.  Those suffering from depression can have low self-esteem, loneliness, self-harm and the danger of suicide.

How you can help Anxiety or Depression

The first person to help you should be your Doctor or a close family member.   Doctors can help identify any issues and refer you to further care.  This could be counselling or

It is important that if anyone shows any signs of Anxiety or Depression and need help, that you talk to them and make sure they get help.

There are also websites that have a lot of information and the common one in New Zealand is depression.org.nz

Anxiety and Depression is well-advertised on the tv and media these days which is really important so that those who suffer from these are aware that it is okay to talk about how they feel.