Getting sick was both sudden and gradual. The timeline of my mental health disorder, or rather disorders because I endured several, was so erratic, waxing and waning, often corresponding to a momentous event in my life or the birth of one of my children or the death of a loved one.
Read More
Watch Today!
New ADAA Videos!
Check out our new short "What Is" videos about depression, major depressive disorder (MDD), suicide, PTSD and OCD.
Blog post
Unlocking Resilience: 5 Tips for Navigating Difficult Holiday Experiences
As the holiday season approaches, many individuals find themselves grappling with challenging memories or experiences that may evoke intense emotions.
Learn More
Personal Story
Realizing My Power
I want to start off by saying I never knew or really understood anxiety. I have always been someone who worries, stresses, and constantly wondered "what If." It became normal and a constant in my life.
Learn More
Personal Story
I’m So OCD - But I’m Also So Much More
One of the problems with OCD is that you lose so much time. That evening when my dad called me and my siblings to dinner, I went to save my progress on the game, but I couldn’t just save it and walk away like before. I was ‘stuck’.
Learn More
FIND HELP
Take Charge. Get Answers. Move Forward.
ADAA's Find Your Therapist
ADAA’s licensed mental health providers specialize in anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, and related disorders. All listed providers, offering both in-person or virtual therapy, are ADAA members who have chosen to be listed.
Learn More
Types of Therapy
Check out ADAA's helpful guide to understanding the different therapy options including CBT, DBT, ACT and more...
Learn More
ADAA Free Webinars
Free live and on-demand webinars with ADAA member experts answering questions about anxiety disorders, OCD, PTSD, depression and co-occurring disorders.
Learn More
Join ADAA's Free Mental Health Peer-to-Peer Support Communities
Listings of in-person and virtual support groups nationwide for those struggling with anxiety, OCD, PTSD, depression, and co-occurring disorders. anxiety and depression struggles.
Join Today
Just Posted!
The Ebbs and Flows of My Mental Health Disorders
What is Anxiety?
Relationships, health, money, deadlines, world affairs—you name it. We all have plenty to worry about. But people who have generalized anxiety disorder, or GAD (aka the “worry” disorder), experience excessive and unrelenting worry that goes on almost every day.
Watch Here
Making a Lifelong Illness “Life Long”
Far too young, I used to dream about a place I could go where I wouldn’t have to worry. To know that there was a place you could go if you struggled with “mental problems”.
Read More
UNDERSTAND ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION
Take the First Step - Understand the Facts
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Depression
Co-Occurring Disorders
Obsessive-Compulsive disorder (OCD)
Panic Disorder
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Suicide
Additional Anxiety Disorders
Tips to Manage Anxiety and Stress
At some point, anxiety and stress affect everyone. They can manifest differently in different people, and the level of anxiety one experiences can vary, but there is one thing for certain: there are ways to manage anxiety, even if it feels out of control.
Learn More
Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in a person's mood, energy, and ability to function.
Learn More
Social Anxiety Disorder
What is Social Anxiety Disorder? The defining feature of social anxiety disorder, also called social phobia, is intense anxiety or fear of being judged, negatively evaluated, or rejected in a social or performance situation.
Learn More
Tips to Manage Depression
Depression can make you feel like nothing will help, or that any relief will be temporary, and it can create a cycle of maladaptive thinking, feeling, and doing (or non-doing). However, depression is treatable, and in addition to psychiatric treatment and therapy, there are steps you can take to cope with depression.
Learn More
ADAA Free Webinars
Free live and on-demand webinars with ADAA member experts answering questions about anxiety disorders, OCD, PTSD, depression and co-occurring disorders.
Learn More
Boost Search Results
Off
