Are negative thoughts & crying symptoms of anxiety? - Dr. Sulata Shenoy

We are finding a lot of people are prone to psychological and psychiatric disorders nowadays. It is perhaps a symptom of the stressful times that we live in. So we need to understand this and take certain steps to rectify the situation. Among the most common disorders psychologically are anxiety and depression and in most cases these do go hand-in-hand. So the person may experience feelings of sadness feeling low feeling unwanted neglected and this could also be followed by symptoms of anxiety such as worry about the future a certain feeling of helplessness irritation or inadequacy and given to a lot of negative thinking. If this negative thinking is followed by anxiety you need to see a psychologist or a psychiatrist and find out what is the severity of the symptoms you're facing whether you need psychological therapy or psychiatric treatment including medication. If so please do follow the doctor's orders. At the same time you can also help yourself by keeping calm, by keeping the diary of all the things that you need to do so that there's no space for last-minute panic when certain things don't get done, keeping a positive outlook on life and generally being very cheerful and positive about the future. All the best.