I designed this presentation to raise awareness on anxiety and depression, including other mental health issues. We are facing a global crisis on mental health and people aren't talking about it nearly enough. Employers also aren't aware of the many stresses that modern life places on some of their staff. They need to take mental health more seriously in the workplace. This presentation is dedicated to JewWario, Justin Carmical who committed suicide only recently. He was suffering from depression.

1. ANXIETY
Is killing us
Illiya Vjestica

2. THE WORLD IS
Broken
And we need to FIX it

3. “Few people today would
dispute that chronic
stress is a hallmark of
our times or that anxiety
has become a kind of
cultural condition of
modernity.”
S C OT T S T O S S E L

4. 1 in 7 People
Suffer from some kind
of anxiety disorder

5. British Adults
1 in 4
Experience at least one
diagnosable mental health
problem in any one year

6. 430,000,000
Approx. People worldwide
have a mental health problem

7. 40,000,000Americans suffer from
anxiety disorders

8. 3,000,000
Suffer with Anxiety (UK)

9. 6,000,000
Suffer with depression (UK)

11. An Anxiety
disorder
is a Serious
Mental Illness

12. People suffering with
anxiety disorders,
find worry & fear
are constant &
overwhelming, it
can be crippling
to their life.

13. TYPES OF
Anxiety

14. Anxiety
SOCIAL
Persistent fear about
social situations & being
around people. One of
the most common
anxiety disorders.
disorder

15. Anxiety
GENERAL
A long-term condition
that causes you to feel
anxious about a wide
range of situations
and issues, rather
than one specific
event.
disorder

16. Disorder (OCD)
OBSESSIVE-
COMPULSIVE
Is a mental health
condition where a
person has obsessive
thoughts & compulsive
behaviour such as
washing their hands
often.

17. Stress
POST-TRAMATIC
disorder
It can develop
immediately after
someone experiences
a disturbing event or
it can occur weeks,
months or even
years later.

18. OTHER TYPES
Of Anxiety
Specific Phobias
Panic Disorder

19. Anxiety & Depression
usually go hand in hand, one
is never far behind the other.

20. 35%-85%
Between
of all patients diagnosed with one
condition show symptoms of the other.

21. The World we live in is
Very Loud

22. We are working longer
hours and subjected to
more daily stresses
then ever before.

23. Fewer people
have time to relax.
We’re always
connected.

24. Kids spend more time in
front of the TV & Video
Games Consoles
Than ever before.

25. Children in the United States watch
an average of three to four
hours of television a day. By the
time of high school graduation, they
will have spent more time
watching television than they
have in the classroom
American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry

26. The media loves to vilify
video games but they can be
a great stress reliever
used in moderation

27. Lack of Family Values
Dinner table disappearing
TV Dinners

28. Poor Diet & Lack of Exercise
Obesity Rates
rising

29. 34%
USA
30%
Mexico
27%
New
Zealand
Australia
25%
UK
25%
GLOBAL
OBESITY RATES
Source: OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development

30. Local community is dying,
it’s moved online
(a false existence)

31. In the early stages of our
human development
Life was more
simple…

32. Designed for
Three Basic Instincts
To Hunt
To Eat
To Procreate

33. We use to cover
Great distances

34. now we prefer
the couch

35. We weren’t really
designed to
Sort Out Bills
File Paperwork
Update Facebook
Get the Shopping

36. The problem is we’re not out
hunting wild beasts anymore…
DOMINATE SPECIES ON EARTH.
we’ve evolved into the

37. “The lizard brain will fight
(to the death) if it has to, but
would rather run away.
It likes a vendetta and has
no trouble getting angry.
The lizard brain cares what
everyone else thinks,
because status in the tribe is
essential to its survival.”
S E T H G O D I N

38. “You have a genius inside of you, a
daemon with something to share
with the world. Everyone does. Are
you going to continue hiding it,
holding it back, and settling for less
than you deserve just because your
lizard brain is a afraid?”
S E T H G O D I N

39. It’s our left
overs from
evolution: the
‘lizard’
brain.

40. WHAT I WROTE DOWN ABOUT MY
OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
Fear &
Anxiety

41. My fear is in my
mind, worries
add to a constant
black cloud that
hangs over me.

42. I cannot let my fear control
me, though those thoughts
may seem as real as the day,
they serve only to
Destroy.

43. For fear has a habit of showing
up at uninvited times, when I’m
tired, bored or stressed;
those are the times
the mind Wanders.

44. Fear is hate itself
used to control, coerce,
persuade, frighten or
repress.

45. But fear is a
natural reaction
designed to
allow us to
survive.

46. For fear is the evil
that stirs inside all of us.
Too much of it and we can only
live but half a life, longing for
better experiences.

47. The “what ifs” cannot be
controlled & worrying about it
does not make a difference.
Do not dwell on what
you cannot comprehend.

48. For it is a pointless
Pursuit

49. that life brings you & truly live
without fear.
Learn to Embrace
the possibilities

50. We need to re-address the
balance in our lives.

51. PEOPLE HAVE TOO
MUCH TO DO,
Too Much pressure

52. no longer fits people’s
9-5 WORK HOURS
state of mind

53. The solution is to help people
who are struggling to cope with
the pressures of the world.

54. Not CREATE
More stress

55. Technology isn’t helping.
It is accelerating the
problem.

56. LESS PEOPLE ARE
COMMUNICATING
Face-to-face

57. Social Media has
to Global Communication
but..
Removed barriers

58. This has meant
people live out their
lives through a
‘digital’ persona

59. HOW
Kick Anxiety’s ass!
DO WE

60. 1.
Exercise

61. 2.
Cognitive
Behaviour
Therapy (CBT)

62. TEACHES YOU
techniques to effectively deal with
any situation of anxiety, panic or stress &
adapt your own thinking patterns.
CBT

63. Learning to
be mindful
3.

64. BEST APP I’VE
EVER BOUGHT
Mindfulness
Available on
App Store &
Google Play

65. You
can
also
visit
Mindful.org

66. Practicing
Mediation
(ZAIZEN) 坐禅

67. 4.
Raising
awareness
on the
issue

68. By talking about it more
& understanding we are
facing an anxiety
‘pandemic’

69. 5.
Switch off from
technology

70. 6.
More flexible
working hours

71. DIFFERENCE
WE CAN ALL MAKE A

72. we live in together
CHANGE THE WORLD

73. This presentation
is dedicated to JewWario
a video game YouTuber
that I greatly admired

74. Who sadly, took
his own life. He
was suffering with
depression.

75. JewWario
Justin Carmical
1971-2014

76. Charities you can
support to help improve
Mental Health

78. Photo Credits
Thank you to the following:
Slide 19: Satish Krishnamurty-
https://www.flickr.com/photos/unlistedsightings
Slide 10: Lulu Hoeller - https://www.flickr.com/photos/toaireisdivine
Slide 22: Bark - https://www.flickr.com/photos/barkbud
Intro Slide: Craig Sunter -
https://www.flickr.com/photos/16210667@N02
Slide 69: Mike McCune https://www.flickr.com/photos/mccun934

79. References & Sources
Stats and data from:
Slide 7: 40,000,000 Americans suffer from anxiety disorders –
National Institute of Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/anxiety-disorders/index.shtml
Slides 5, 8-9: Mental Health Foundation
http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/help-information/mental-health-
statistics/
Slide 10: Stat from (World Health Organisation, 2001)
Slide 1: The Culture and Costs of Anxiety
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/01/08/my-age-of-
anxiety-stossel/
The
Culture
and
Costs
of
Anxiety
Slides 14-18: National Health Service UK
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/anxiety/pages/introduction.aspx

80. References & Sources
Stats and data from:
Slide 20: Between 35 Percent and 85 Percent of all patients
diagnosed with one condition show symptoms of the other
[source: Seltzer]
http://health.howstuffworks.com/mental-health/depression/
questions/depression-and-anxiety-related.htm
The
Culture
and
Costs
of
Anxiety
Slide 4: Depression Facts -
http://www.whitecloudfoundation.org/depression-facts

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83. Thank You
for listening