| It is only natural to feel sad or worried sometimes. | | | | mistake. It is how you think that affects the way you |
| Anyone who is a parent worries about their children. | | | | feel. It also affects the way you behave. |
| Anyone who has lost someone would have a shed a | | | | Someone who wanders around thinking negatively all |
| tear. That is normal and unavoidable. It happens to | | | | day is going to behave in a similar fashion. They will |
| everyone and if you can say 'not me mate' then all I | | | | tend to move around slowly, lack motivation to do |
| can say to you is 'It will, just as sure as God made little | | | | anything and tend to withdraw from their friends and |
| green apples'. | | | | family. Someone who is worried about everything will |
| However, when you worry all the time about every | | | | be fidgety, nervous looking and tend to avoid mixing |
| little thing and you are always sad then maybe, just | | | | with people or going into crowds. |
| maybe, you have a concern with anxiety and or | | | | Thinking like that all the time is eventually going to take |
| depression. It can affect how you act, how you think, | | | | its toll on the body. Some of the more common |
| how you feel about yourself and how you relate to | | | | physical symptoms are the change in sleep patterns, |
| others. It is only when you realise what the heck is | | | | change in appetite, bodily functions and energy levels. |
| going on and recognise some of the signs, can you | | | | These symptoms may not be so obvious to others |
| start to do something about it. | | | | but everyone knows their own body and when things |
| You might think to yourself that you are the only one | | | | are amiss. |
| who is feeling or experiencing these feelings of | | | | Odds are that when you are down, troubled, bothered, |
| depression and or anxiety. However, depression and | | | | agitated or distressed for any length of time, people |
| anxiety are among the most common mental health | | | | around you are going to be affected whether you |
| issues experienced by young people today. Experts | | | | intend it to happen or not. Without knowing it, you could |
| estimate that about 20% to 25% of people in the | | | | be more sensitive about what people say to you. You |
| world will at some stage in their lives experience | | | | may be irritable all the time. You tend not to |
| anxiety or surrender to the battle with depression. | | | | communicate. You are so shy that you tend to avoid |
| Some poor souls go through both.You are not alone. | | | | social activities all together. It takes its toll on the people |
| What thoughts are going through your head on a daily | | | | you know and usually more so on the people you love |
| basis? Are you a positive or negative thinker? I'll | | | | the most. |
| sometimes have a chat with someone and come | | | | If you can relate to anything that has been mentioned |
| away feeling exhausted. The reason is the everything | | | | above then the first task is to sort out the signs of |
| they talk about is dark and dreary. Things were getting | | | | your depression and anxiety. When you figure out how |
| worse for them and they could see nothing improving | | | | it affects your thinking, your feelings, your relationships |
| in the future. They regret so many things they have | | | | and your physical being then you can begin to meet |
| done in the past and feel they are an absolute failure. | | | | the challenge of overcoming the obstacles or the |
| Others I come across are so worried about what | | | | reasons for your problems. If you struggle with anxiety |
| others think of them that they have trouble enjoying | | | | or depression or both then just remember that you are |
| life. They are too scared to say "boo" around people | | | | not the lone stranger in all of this. This malady is a lot |
| or to try to do something new in case they make a | | | | more common and widespread than you think. |