Even I wondered how anxiety and depression were closely linked. I have come to have more of an understanding of this through my social anxiety. Why I have this type of anxiety and why it can get worse at different points has often confused me.

To make sense of this, I think I need to explain the feelings of anxiety and depression separately again. First of all, anxiety can be overthinking, catastrophizing or the feeling of uncertainty, to name a few. Then depression can be summarised as your view of life becoming more negative, expecting the worst and struggling to see the good.

So with those anxious feelings of the unknown and the depressive thoughts of negativity, with my additional lack of confidence at times, social situations can be quite overwhelming for me.

If you look back at some of my previous posts, I have written about some of the practical things I have done when these feelings come on. Although they are not as prevalent as it once was, I still get out of the blue relapses, which has unsettled me recently. Probably part of it is due to slowly coming out of a life of less social interaction which will take some time to get used to.

I almost considered officially stopping the blog temporarily as I work out these feelings and concentrating on learning them myself, without the pressure of sharing as well. However, I have convinced myself to keep trying and sharing what I can when I am able to.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope you find it helpful. As always, feel free to get in touch with any questions/feedback/comments, I always love to hear it. Stay tuned for the next instalment.

Until next time

K