Depression, anxiety, liver qi stagnation & feeling watched

First, I&#39m glad to hear that you are improving and taking steps to further assist your own healing - that&#39s great to hear. It&#39s difficult to say exactly what the practitioner meant with that question. There are two main ways to look at it however. The first way is it is a common question to help guage if people have stronger psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia, or bipolar depression. The second way is to speak about it in more energetic terms, like a stronger energy following you so to speak. Your practitioner may have meant one, both or none of those...

The self checking that you are describing is probably not what the practitioner meant, but it is important clinically. It is a very common behavior with higher states of anxiety. Anxiety is a state where you are running from the bear in metaphoric terms, so it&#39s normal in those states to be constantly analyzing yourself and your situation. As the anxiety dies down, then the watching will lower as well.

In some ways depression and anxiety are just two sides of the same coin. So as you unstagnate the depression can lift and then the anxiety can be more pronounced. Over time these fluctuations between states will even out to a more "normal" level where they seem balanced for lack of a better word.

As far as recommendations, continuing with acupuncture is a great idea along with the regular meditation, etc. There are also a variety of Chinese herbal formulas that can be quite helpful, but your practitioner will have to decide what is best for you based on their understanding of your signs and symptoms.