You will have to actually deal with the stress, and that is scary and hard, but as long as you keep using this method to escape from it, it doesn't ever go away. It just gets bigger. You might not feel it for a little while, but it keeps coming back. If you truely face your problems and deal with them, they will get smaller and you will be able to overcome them and actually be able to live your life. Depression and anxiety are what happen when you are not living your life.