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Depression, Anxiety, & Stress Management
In today’s fast-moving world, many people struggle with mood-related symptoms such as irritability, frequent crying, emotional exhaustion, hopelessness, and feeling overwhelmed. If you’ve been feeling unlike yourself, know that effective treatments are available.

Depression, anxiety, and self-defeating thoughts” refer to a cluster of mental health symptoms where a person experiences persistent sadness, excessive worry, and negative internal dialogues that often undermine their self-esteem and hinder their ability to achieve goals, often feeding into a cycle of feeling hopeless and stuck; this is a common presentation in clinical depression and can be significantly impacted by the negative thought patterns associated with it.
Key points about this combination

patterns
People experiencing this combination often have a constant stream of self-critical thoughts, like “I’m not good enough”, “no one appreciates me”, “I don’t fit in anywhere”, “I’ll never succeed”, or “Everything is my fault”; which can exacerbate feelings of depression and anxiety.

This involves getting stuck on negative thoughts and repeatedly replaying them in your mind, further amplifying the negative emotions.

daily life
Self-defeating thoughts can lead to avoidance behaviors, procrastination, difficulty making decisions, and problems in relationships.

distortion
These negative thoughts are often based on cognitive distortions, which are inaccurate interpretations of situations, like catastrophizing (assuming the worst possible outcome) or discounting the positive.