How to Self Diagnose Depression and Anxiety

Depression and anxiety are two common mental health issues. In this post, we will tell you how to self-diagnose depression and anxiety.

How to Self Diagnose Bipolar Depression

Depression is a mental health issue where the patient feels lonely and sad. It is common for all of us to feel lonely and sad sometimes but in depression, the level of loneliness and sadness is at so terrible stage that the person has a suicidal tendency and has a lack of interest in almost all activities. A person who has depression may not know he has depression unless he tries to understand his own feelings and emotions.

There are different kinds of depression and one of the major types is Bipolar Depression or Major Depression. Here are the common symptoms of Bipolar Depression.

Frequently thinking about committing suicides

Having no interest in daily chores

Lack of concentration, low self-esteem

Unable to communicate, not interested in communicating

General apathy for people around

Having low energy levels, and fatigue

Lack of sleep or too much sleeping

Feeling depressed and sad

Feelings of loneliness, helplessness, experiencing guilt

Low appetite, or overeating

If you have the aforementioned symptoms, you need to see a psychiatrist. You cannot self-cure depression by yourself, you will have to undergo medication.

Note: The purpose of self-diagnosis is not to undermine the role of the psychiatrist. It is a method to find out if you actually need professional help.

How to Find Out Whether You Have Anxiety

Anxiety comes in many appearances, and in most cases, it can be confused with depression or stress. Anything that troubles your mind making you restless and frustrated is stress. Depression is a sense of loneliness and sadness. What exactly is anxiety?

Anxiety appears in many ways, for example...

You have the urge to control people, situation, life events

You cannot easily go to sleep, even if you sleep, you cannot do deep sleep

You are always angry or agitated

You defy, you challenge, you seem to disagree all the time

You have unusual expectations about yourself, you always to be at the top in school or the workplace

You want to avoid your regular activities like going to school going to work

You frequently experience pain in the chest, head, stomach

You cannot focus, you cannot pay attention

You are intolerant to unexpected events or situations

You are always crying, or feel like crying, you cannot control your emotions

You always plan and over plan events and situations

You are always worried about events and situations

If you can associate with most of the aforementioned symptoms, it is very likely that you have anxiety. If you think you might have anxiety, it is high time that you see a doctor. Anxiety is a common psychological disorder that can be easily treated.

How to Overcome Depression and Anxiety Attacks?

According to National Alliance for Mental Illness, more than 40 million people in the United States suffer from anxiety (19.1 percent of the total US population). According to World Health Organization, 1 in 13 people suffer from anxiety globally. What is alarming is that most people develop the condition even before reaching the age of 21 years.

It is very possible that either you or your family members or someone you know closely might be already suffering from depression or anxiety. Here are a few tips that might help you to ease depression symptoms and anxiety attacks.

Breathing Exercise: You may have never realized the power of proper breathing, however, you can just sit relaxed and start breeding deep and you will understand how easy it is to ease tension, stress, depression, and even anxiety through deep breathing.

Exercise: Most of us know how exercise helps our body to remain in shape and in good health, however, not many realize that exercise is also very good for mental health. After exercise, it is very common to feel good because a lot of feel-good hormones will be released.

Creative Activities: Activities like singing, dancing, playing musical instruments, drawing, and painting greatly help not only ease anxiety symptoms but also relieve stress and depression.

Coldwater: You need to hydrate your body to feel good.

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