Worry and Depression

A recent research study was conducted by Psychiatrist Jeannette Golden and her colleagues from St. James Hospital in Dublin, Ireland, on the subject of worry. The results of this study were presented at the American Psychiatric Association 2007 Annual Meeting.

They categorised people into five groups, from the simplest to the most complex-those who never worry, those who worry sometimes, those with severe worry, those with uncontrollable worry, and those who had Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD).

It was discovered that those who were in the severe worry and above categories, landed up having physical and mental problems, notably depression.

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The research also found that the most common causes of worry were health problems, family matters and finances.

In fact, the interesting thing is, when you are in a frame of mind to use a logical and analytical thinking process, you would readily agree that worry is useless and futile.

You know worry serves no purpose. It makes you sad, irritable, harassed and depressed. You even tell others not to worry. But when it comes to you, you are rarely able to implement this very advice.

Remember, if you are faced with any danger, be it a thief, an oncoming train, or a wild animal, you have to act immediately. The time and space that you have to react is so less that there is really no time to worry. If you worry at this point, you will die. You can do only one thing - act. It is only when you think about how you would tackle the problem in the future that the worry sets in.

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