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In Human life, there can be some specific times when you will find depression is overcoming your positive frame of mind. Some major events can occur in your life that makes you more vulnerable to anxiety and depression than any other time frame. These may include any of the following: - During and after pregnancy
- After the diagnosis of a major illness
- Redundancy and other financial disasters
- Nursing and caring for a close relative over an extended period of time
- Any major change or upheaval in life circumstances
It is sometimes the cumulative effects of these events that may be the triggering factor. In other words, some people may find that they cope very well with the pressures of a busy working life and demanding relationship until they become ill or suffer grief, when they may find that things just get too much to handle. On the other hand, those who have a past history of anxiety and depression or close family members who have suffered from the same problem may need no more than one of these factors to trigger a depressive or anxious episode. It also bears remembering that there is a broad spectrum of potential experience of anxiety and depression. Some people may experience mild, fairly short-lived episodes of these problems that they can handle by themselves once they understand why the symptoms are there and what they can do to support themselves through the phases of emotional upheaval. Others may find that they move into a state of severe clinical anxiety and depression that leaves them feeling frightened, lost, disoriented and unable to cope with the regular demands that they need to meet their day-to-day lives. This is a situation where professional guidance, reassurance and support are needed; so that the sufferers understand that they are not alone in suffering in this way (feeling isolated can be one of the most alarming aspects of depression). In addition, once support is at hand in the form of professional medical help such as medication, cognitive therapy or psychotherapeutic approaches, sufferers are likely to feel a huge sense of relief that something positive and practical can be done to support them through a very traumatic experience. This is especially important, since despair can set in when people feel there is no possible way out of their problems. Feeling that practical options for change are available can make all the difference in such a situation. | 
