For me, it's just the opposite. I can handle the anxiety, just not the depression. I know my anxiety won't hurt me, but the depression just won't lift. He understands this. I'm now suffering from nocturnal panic attacks and I've been explain to him that I'm able to wake up and tell myself that I'm okay and calm myself back down. He's an expert on anxiety, so he's been able to really help me on this. He's also told me this makes sense to him- my feelings on my depression vs. anxiety. But now that panic attacks are invading my sleep, it's a problem, but I feel I can keep it under control.