Depression is a kind of mental illness, which is mainly manifested as depression, slow thinking and reduced language movements. A joint study by the World Health Organization, the World Bank and Harvard University shows that depression has become the second most serious disease in China. The factors that cause depression include: genetic factors, physical factors, mental factors and so on.

Anxiety disorder is also called anxiety neurosis. Its main symptoms are dizziness, chest tightness, palpitation, dyspnea, dry mouth, frequent urination, urgency, sweating, tremor and exercise anxiety. Its anxiety is not caused by actual threats, or its degree of tension and panic is not commensurate with the actual situation.

Second, the causes are different.

Etiology of depression: some genetic factors can lead to depression; Environmental factors will have a certain impact on depression; Caused by certain diseases; In addition, it is your own personality factor!

Etiology of anxiety disorder.

1, due to some physical factors or biological function factors, this is not the only cause of depression, but in some rare cases, patients' anxiety symptoms can be triggered by physical factors.

2. In our life, our own cognitive or thinking mode plays an extremely important role in the formation of anxiety symptoms.

3. Some stress situations may lead to their occurrence. However, due to the disorder of some hormones secretion, the above process can be amplified.

Third, the symptoms are different.

Three main symptoms of depression

1, Depression: After suffering from depression, patients can't be happy, and they will always be sad or even pessimistic in their normal life.

2, slow thinking: I often feel that my brain is not good, I always can't remember things, and I often become slow in thinking. The patient felt that his mind was empty and silly.

3, exercise inhibition: suffering from depression will radiate this laziness, unwilling to move, serious may not eat or move, life can not take care of themselves.

Symptoms of anxiety disorder

For neurasthenia patients, anxiety symptoms often appear, but the emotional tension shown by anxiety disorder is generally more obvious than neurasthenia. Phobia is often manifested as fear and serious anxiety about an object, a disease or an environment, and is often accompanied by other obsessive-compulsive ideas and behaviors. Although it is accompanied by anxiety, it is different from anxiety. Attention: Anxiety has many hazards, which will not only endanger people's health, but also cause other physical and mental diseases, such as hypertension, heart disease and gastrointestinal diseases.