Anxiety &
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Depression |
Feeling of fear, apprehension and excessive anxiety energy | Feeling of emptiness, deep sadness or misery, loss of hope |
Physical feelings of agitation, muscle tension and symptoms of anxiety eg. heart symptoms, nausea, dissociation, diarrhoea, breathing difficulties etc | Slowing down of physical movement and lack of physical energy |
General sense of being tense and rigid |
Physical body slumped |
May be a perfectionist and is concerned about the results of activities (can lead to poor performance) | Loss of interest and ambition (can lead to poor performance) |
May fear death but not focussed on suicide (Suicide thoughts come only when Depression is a secondary effect of Anxiety Disorder) | Suicidal thoughts present in deep depression |
Anxiety &
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Depression |
Fatigue - related to the overwhelming experience of the anxiety and fear energy, tension and extra energy used to continue regardless, loss of sleep etc | Fatigue - related to the energy drop associated with depressed mood |
Difficulty concentrating (related to anxiety cycle thinking and monitoring of symptoms) | Difficulty concentrating - related to energy drop of depression, slowing of the mind) |
Difficulty sleeping - related to thoughts, symptoms, anxiety cycle, nocturnal panic attacks | Difficulty sleeping (may oversleep) |
Headaches, muscle tension and pain |
Headaches, muscle tension and pain |
Loss of appetite (or overeating) |
Loss of appetite |
Loss of libido or sexual desire/enjoyment |
Loss of libido or sexual desire/enjoyment |
Loss of interest/pleasure in normal activities - related to constant need to monitor symptoms and inability to let go of negative thought patterns | Loss of interest/ pleasure in normal activities - related to loss of physical/emotional/cognitive energy |
Significant weight loss or weight gain (in some)- related to anxiety energy | Significant weight loss or weight gain |
Feelings of excessive or inappropriate guilt - related to person's desperate fight to overcome the Anxiety Disorder for an extended period of time; feelings of guilt about how it effects their family and guilt that they haven't gotten better yet | Feelings of excessive or inappropriate guilt |
Drop in Self esteem and sense of self confidence - due to effects of anxiety disorder | Drop in self esteem and sense of self confidence |
Feelings of unworthiness, guilt, self-blame and self depreciation | Feelings of unworthiness, guilt, self-blame and self depreciation |
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