[feeshee]

Both are awful, but which do you hate worse....anxiety or depression.

[4428247]

Anxiety. I have both and when I'm in an extreme depression I am always better than when I have extreme anxiety
Anxiety alone would be more tolerable (though still horrible), but in combination with any mental illness with me it's much much worse

[benzenering]

Depression...anxiety did not influence my suicidal thoughts I had a severe time with a few years ago.

[defyinggravity65]

I always think I hate anxiety more, but when depression hits it's like an endless void that sucks you in and makes everything, even anxiety, 10X worse than you could ever dream. So I'd say depression

[Sunflower123]

Most days I pick depression. Today I pick anxiety. It's terrible!!!

[Gethprime1977]

Id have to pick anxiety. I think it was the cause of my vicious bout sleep jerks/sleep starts I had a couple of days ago. went to bed around 1130pm and was having sleep starts until 5am-ish the following morning. Was only able to sleep about 30-45mins, even then I was woke up like 5 or so times. I was crying by then. Lashed out at my mom because she wanted me to take her places and she knows I suffer from serious sleep disorders (some of which are the results of my anxiety. I currently on avg wake up every 1-2 hours (usually its 1.5) then go back to sleep in a few mins. I dont mind it as long as I get at least 5-6 hours of total sleep. Yesterday I went to bed again around 1130pm (usually in bed between 1130pm-100am) fell asleep in about 5-10 mins, woke up around 130am. Went back to sleep around 2am, then woke up again close to 4am. Tried to go back to sleep but couldnt because I had the sleep jerks again (anxiety maybe?), then was about to go back to sleep around 5am woke up around 645am, went back to sleep around 650am and woke up around 830am

[Jolisse]

Depression is worse than the anxiety.

[Unrigged64072835]

I think anxiety is the worst. At least with depression I don't feel like I'm going to crawl out of my own skin.

[Teddy Bear]

I don't get anxiety so I have to say depression.

[Fuzzybear]

[Starving2death]

Both present me with extreme stress. I have bad anxiety which has kept me from recovering from anorexia. When I'm being treated in an I.P. setting I get terribly scared and begin having panic attacks.

If the staff refuses to medicate me for it I sign out A.M.A. Then they blame me for leaving. So it's a toss up between feeling like I can't keep going or feeling like I have to kill myself to stop the panic/anxiety.

[little turtle]

Originally Posted by feeshee

Both are awful, but which do you hate worse....anxiety or depression.

anxiety......I am afraid of myself
FEAR....of dying right now