{"id":5379,"date":"2014-03-20T11:00:19","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/?p=5379"},"modified":"2022-10-18T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T11:00:00","slug":"debt-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/debt-depression.htm","title":{"rendered":"Debt and Depression – What You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Andrea M. Darcy<\/span><\/p>\n

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photo by Mikhail Nilov for Pexels<\/p><\/div>\n

In debt<\/a> and worried about your mental health? Debt and depression<\/a> are definitely connected.<\/p>\n

Debt and mental health<\/h2>\n

With a few credit cards here, a mortgage there,<\/strong> we live in a world where debt is increasingly available to us as a way to have the lifestyle we want.\u00a0 Live now, pay later.<\/p>\n

But we<\/strong>\u00a0can find ourselves living with non-stop<\/strong> anxiety<\/a> as we worry how we will ever find our way out of the increasing sinkhole money issues<\/a> can become.<\/p>\n

And for many of us that anxiety <\/a>can take over our lives, then lead right to depression<\/a>. Or, worse, end up suicidal.<\/p>\n

The debt charity Step Change<\/a> estimates that at least 50 per cent and more likely as high as 90 per cent of people in debt feel anxious or depressed<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How are debt and depression related?<\/h2>\n

So what exactly leads to debt and depression being so connected?<\/strong> Reasons can include:<\/p>\n