Quote Originally Posted by cb7
you can't understand til it happens to you. i saw people have anxiety attacks when i was younger and never understood it til they happened to me. drepression and anxiety are cousins to each other and can be treated in the same ways. they come from thinking negativly, which is a habit, you were not born thinking negative, it is a bad habbit. you can make a big impact on depression and anxiety by replacing negative thoughts with positive ones. the average person has about 300 negitive thoughts a day. if you want to see, everytime you have a negative thought, write it down on a note pad, you would be surprised. usually people don't like to addmit they have a problem with either, mostly anxiety.
I don't necessarily agree with you, Depression and Anxiety Disorder don't necessarily go hand in hand. I have Anxiety Disorder(meaning I am capable of having a panic attack randomly anytime without warning), but I am by no means depressed. Negative thoughts have no affect on having a panic attach or having Anxiety either. Most of the time they just come on out of no where.

Although a lot of times it does have to do with things that happened in your childhood that maybe you don't completely remember but your subconscious does, hence the panic attacks that happen for no reason. Your mind really works in weird ways. I truly believe that some people can be depressed, or have anxiety but I also believe that most doctors are quick to diagnose you with whatever, give you some pills and send you on your way.

Just my