Anxious Depression
Anxious Depression, while not a clinical diagnosis, describes one of the most difficult subjective experiences that an average individual may experience during the course of his or her everyday life. Depression and anxiety are two basic states of being perturbed. Depression denotes a state of feeling fatigued, ineffective, hopeless, or helpless. Anxiety on the other hand denotes a feeling of being restless, keyed-up, or on-edge. Both of these feelings generally carry with them a sense of alienation, as though one has lost control of one’s state of mind.
We all experience both of these conditions at various times in our life, to varying degrees. Most people will never experience either anxiety or depression to a degree that would be diagnosable as a psychological or psychiatric condition. It is only once these feelings become pervasive and lasting enough to interfere with your ability to enjoy your life that they generally begin to be considered pathological.
Anxious depression, similarly, is something that is normal under certain circumstances. You may find yourself feeling this way when you are in “limbo” situations, where the results are unknown to you and ultimately out of your hands. Feelings of depressed anxiety are perfectly normal and natural in these types of situations, provided that they are appropriate reactions to what is going on around you.
If you suspect that the feelings have taken on a life of their own, and may be interfering with your ability to react appropriately to the trying situations in your life, then it will be a smart decision to seek professional assistance in learning how to cope with anxious depression.