Is it possible to get better from anxiety/depression without knowing what triggered it?!


Question: Is it possible to get better from anxiety/depression without knowing what triggered it.?
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Yes with various behavioural and talking therapies and medication it can be helped of course its easier if you know the trigger but it can be done without it only set back is that therapy takes longer.Health Question & Answer

Negative emotions (like sadness, stress, anger, etc.) causes your Serotonin production to be low; when your Serotonin level is low, you are more prone to getting Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Depression, etc.

Medication like Antidepressants (SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor) helps to boost Serotonin level.

But there are natural ways to do it without medication. There's this strange herb called "St John's Wort" - it is said to be more effective than Prozac. No, it is not for mild depression only and ignore those sayings. In fact, it does help anxiety and panic-attacks as St John's Wort works like prozac. Other natural ways will be exercise, diet, more exposure to light, etc.
The problem is that, even if your Serotonin is balanced... you have that "learned behavior" in your mind. You need to break that initial cycle to destroy that learned behavior - Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) does this. A technique that you can use without CBT will be Distraction... There are several other techniques to help cope them!
Ok, to use Distraction: Firstly, try to....

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i would imagine so..but i think you'll find out sooner or later what the cause was. i didnt find out till a year later after my depression. think about your past, present and future. whatever happened in the past is effecting your present...but your future will be better. you're strong. try doing some meditation and some deep thinking to get to the bottom of this. i think you will find out what caused it. if you're a teenager, it's prob. just hormones..Health Question & Answer

yes it is. but just try to remember how it got there.Health Question & Answer



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