how to be ok at stuff

Like symptoms other than the obvious ones like feeling down.
When does someone get the point where help from medication is needed. I know someone who is suffering from a form of depression but is worried that the antidepression tablets will have worse side effects. Its hard to know if its severe depression or even depression [...]

Anxiety is a normal and natural emotional response to a threatening condition. Feeling of nervousness, fear and unease affects just every one of us at some stage of life or another, whether at a speech conference, an interview, examination or at work. Commonly, most of us experiencing anxiety would adapt to the stressful or tense [...]

If you think that living with anxiety is not really a very big deal, then you obviously know little about this extremely debilitating disease that plagues millions of people worldwide. Yes, anxiety is a disease of the human mind that can affect a persons day-to-day living in ways previously thought unimaginable.
Identifying Anxiety:
If you have [...]

Can both be treated by anti-depressants or is the depression caused by hypothyroidism treated by an adjustment to thyroid medication. I’m curious about the connection.
Usually they will adjust the thyroid medication. There’s a difference in what part of the brain passages are affected, and the major difference is cause– clinical depression is caused by an [...]

I have been under way too much stress for way too long now and it is leading to defeat and depression. What are effective ways to battle depression and get rid of the pressure in my head due to stress? Life is too short and my kids are too great to be living [...]

I’m one of those people that have a really hard time dealing with stress and anxiety. How do you deal with stress and anxiety?
Negative emotions (like sadness, stress, anger, etc.) causes your Serotonin production to be low; when your Serotonin level is low, you are more prone to getting Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Depression, etc.
Medication like [...]

I have been going through a lot my whole life and I finally have an appointment with a psychiatrist on Wednesday but it’s really making me nervous. I am starting to have doubts on whether or not I should go. Should I still go or should I try and beat this depression and anxiety on [...]

Someone close to me has been battling depression for 17 years now. She is doing a good job, has held on to a demanding job for 4 years now. Though her performance at work are highly erratic. Periods of poor apathetic performance interspersed with periods of high performance.
She shows symptoms of chronic depression, withdraws from [...]

I have VERY bad anxiety. To a point where going out of the house is IMPOSSIBLE. I have to self talk myself before I go out if that doesn’t work I leave it in the hands of God. If I am depressed I am only depressed because I can’t control my anxiety. What is a [...]

I know what anxiety is, I just don’t know when having anxiety becomes a disorder. Can anyone explain it to me?
Anxiety becomes a disorder when you start to worry and worry so much to where you just can’t stand it. Like you really can’t stop thinking about what you are worrying about! Mostly, shy [...]