Support for those with Anxiety, Depression, OCD and other stress and phobia related problems.

Physical Symptoms of Depression

The physical symptoms of depression include:

• a loss of appetite
  
  
• sleep disturbances, such as restless spells and waking up very early in the morning
  
  
• a general slowing down (actions like walking and talking may feel slow and difficult)
  
  
• constipation (the slowing down may affect parts of the body which are under the subconscious control of the mind, line the intestine)
  
  
• loss of sex drive (both men and women can go off sex when they are depressed, and this can increase their feelings of depression and inadequacy)
  
  
• headaches, backaches and pains in the face and neck.

Life itself is the ultimate cause of emotional problems - being alive, having relationships, having to work and strive, bringing up children, growing old, retiring and contemplating death - all of these things can provoke anxiety and depression. When not controlled, their effects can set up a vicious circle and this can then become unnecessarily severe. When your worries about these real life events become too great you feel swamped, and this can set up a cycle which can become so severe that it overwhelms your ability to cope, with the result that anxiety / depression can set in.

Fortunately, suffering with depression is something which can be reversed, or even prevented, given time and a willingness to make a personal commitment to recovery.