Anxiety causes sadness
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I don't want to call it depression, because I do not want to kill my self and would never attempt it. But I am so sad, and will just randomly start crying for no reason, it's weird and i notice it is usually when anxiety is extremely high. I live my life around trying not to have panic attacks. So avoidance of certain things. But little things affect mood too.. if I'm listening to a sad song, I will cry and feel sad the entire day, if someone ignores me I focus on that the entire day, but the moment the acknowledge me it's like it never happened. It's weird and I'm afraid to talk to therapist about it, because I don't want any diagnosis that could possibly affect my career in the future. Any ideas though?
Am I randomly crying because I'm anxious?
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UnderGroundK nicole8675
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Hello Nicole! Yes, anxiety can make you feel sad and like crying sometimes. I have days when I feel so lonely and sad that any emotional song, movie or video would make me cry. Having to live with anxiety can be overwhelming and frustrating sometimes and I believe that's the reason for our bad moods.
Needhelp_asap nicole8675
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Hey there!
First of all I'd like to point out that having depression does NOT necessarily mean that you want to kill yourself.
Secondly, usually anxiety goes hand in hand with depression cause your anxiety causes depression.
And yes,when you're anxious, your body has to find ways to let go of all this pressure building up and there's no better way than crying. I live my life like that too and I think it's sad and it makes me depressed.
You should care about YOU above all. You go to a therapist, you pour your soul out. It's gonna take time until you create a good bond with your therapist. Try psychotherapy. I think it's the bestas it goes waay back. You should be worried about your career only if you leave yourself helpless. It's no shame seeing a therapist and it won't, in any way, affect your career.
athol91131 nicole8675
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It's difficult to tell sometimes. I find, what is anxiety and what is depression. However you label it doesn't really matter. Some days I am more anxious and some more sad and depressed. Crying does seem to relieve the pressure of anxiety but as a man I have had to learn to let myself cry without being too judgmental. I feel sad and criticise myself for being anxious and not being able to face it or deal with it successfully. I suppose really if I'm honest I just want it to go away when all the professional advice is to accept and befriend it. I then judge mtself for not being able to do this and then feel depressed. I just want to be happy again and be like other people. I dont really want to be myself and that makes me sad too. Hey ho, the struggling goes on and I just want to stop struggling!
In answer to your post, there is no danger to your career in talking to a therapist. Everything you say is confidential. Go to a therapist privately if you can afford it.