Posted by Larry Hoover on March 11, 2007, at 10:57:48
In reply to Re: Larry Hoovers, Quintal, Yxibow, Blueberry???, posted by UgottaHaveHope on March 9, 2007, at 0:29:30
I shy away from any blanket conclusions, almost as second nature.
My anxiety came first. I used to see myself as pathologically shy. I simply learned to act as if I wasn't. But that didn't end the internal activation. It was better, I suppose, but not over.
Anxiety is a stressor, and I'm a big believer in the stressor/diathesis model of mental illness. You're born with the vulnerability (diathesis), but it only becomes active under stress. The stressor(s) could be anything. A common virus. Environmental toxin exposure. Anything.
Anxiety could also be a product of stress. Its own diathesis, apart from depression. So, depression could be primary or secondary to anxiety, just as anxiety could be primary or secondary to depression.
I don't know what is gained by arguing depression comes before anxiety. Or by the contrary.
The mere fact that one treatment might alleviate both is not evidence in support of either hypothesis, IMHO.
Lar
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