"Extremely severe anxiety," but only "mild depression"?

Hi. I'm somewhat new. I've recently started therapy as a result of what I assumed was major depression that was causing me to be suicidal. I am doing well right now. In addition to our sessions talking about what is going in my life, I also underwent a fair bit of testing to try to help my T identify the things we need to work on. I know we'll be covering what it showed in more detail in the coming months, but I was confused by part of what he shared with me. He said my answers indicate extremely severe anxiety, but only mild depression. I know that anxiety can cause depression. I thought they were kind of nuance shades of the same problem. But I get the impression from him that they are not. I have been "googling" articles this afternoon and I see different lists of symptoms for anxiety vs. depression and that many people experience both. I also see that anxiety can cause depression. But I don't think I'm really understanding what it would mean to have a gap in the severity of the two. He said that it was very interesting and that there would be a lot for us to discuss (in an encouraging sort of way). What does it mean that I have extremely severe anxiety, but only mild depression? While the descriptions he gave me sounded accurate, I thought I must be severely depressed. My suicidal tendencies don't appear to be the result of severe depression? Just severe anxiety? Would anyone mind giving me a little insight about this? <3

Yikes! That is a very good question...

You're right, I think that anxiety and depression tend to go together for a lot of people.

Here is an article that's on PsychCentral on the topic. http://psychcentral.com/lib/2007/dep...ersus-anxiety/