It depends on the person.
When it was clear that I had serious anxiety issues, I grew deeply depressed. When it got very bad, I was willing to try anything to get better. Looking back now, some of the CBT techniques I learned were the type of things that I would have been skeptical about or considered corny or silly. However, being “down in the gutter,” so to speak, made me desperate enough to try things I would never have tried otherwise. I’m grateful that I did.
I just hope that next time I’ll have the foresight, awareness and willingness to raise myself up before I sink to the bottom.