Posted by djmmm on April 7, 2002, at 9:12:06
In reply to Polar Opposite of Anxiety (Dep:Mania as Anx??), posted by fachad on April 7, 2002, at 7:52:42
How about apathy?...it's not necessarily part of the DSM but it sure seems prevalent. It is at least the consequence of long term SSRI therapy, and SSRIs are almost given out like candy for every type of anxiey disorder.
> What is the pathological state that is the polar opposite to anxiety?
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> As Mania is to Depression, Anxiety is to ????
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> Whatever it is, I think that's (part) of what I have. I don't ever feel anxiety, even when it would be an appropriate response. All kinds of bad things can be going on in my life and I appear calm from the outside - inside I am numb or I am melancholy. But never anxious.
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> Does anybody else have this, or at least know what to call it?
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