You may not realize that your struggles are depression and/or anxiety
• Favorite things no longer bring you much joy
• Feeling paralyzed with worry or doubt
• “My heart started racing and didn’t stop for two hours.”
• Difficulty with motivation (getting to bed, doing your work)
• Sometimes depression or anxiety can feel like an added person in your relationship
Therapy helps with the non-medical stuff
You should consult with your doctor about depression and anxiety - but therapy serves an important role in effective treatment.
Depression and anxiety aren’t tidy - their effects spill out into our lives - straining our relationships, making our jobs more stressful. Those added strains and stresses can amplify the depression/anxiety.
Therapy focuses on those collateral effects - helping you recognize the ways that depression/anxiety is affecting your life - identifying coping mechanisms and your inner strengths.
