Sometimes I wonder if some of the depressions and anxieties people describe on PC are related to their current situations and circumstances rather than clinical disorders.

My husband has safety OCD that triggers Tourette’s, it doesn’t matter where he is and if the situation is real or not, he might feel unsafe and then certain compulsions kick in. It’s truly clinical and has nothing to do with what’s really going on around him. It’s not triggered by anything specific around him.

When I read on here that people have to take anti anxiety or anti depressant meds and then they describe difficult circumstances around them, it makes me wonder if leaving the situation would be a better remedy than meds.

I once was in a relationship with alcoholic who kept relapsing, I was constantly anxious and on and off depressed or angry. And I don’t have disorders. But relationship was making me unwell. I never felt this way neither before nor after and never want to feel like this again. But it wasn’t a disorder or illness. It was a rather typical reaction to insane environment. As soon as I left I was back to normal fast

I wonder if you get rid of triggers, you won’t need medication if what you experience is triggered by people you are in contact with