Depression is one of the most researched mood disorders, but if we look a bit deeper into how depression is able to develop, it is more nuanced than we think. This means, treating depression isn’t a one size fits all solution.
It’s agreed upon that depression is a chemical imbalance and can be treated with SSRIs or SNRIs, etc., which can work for some, but this doesn’t always work for everyone. Understanding what happens in the body and brain when it comes to nervous system outputs and how we are wired, as well as our connection to nature and sunlight, we can start to understand the complexities of depression, and find ways to treat it at an individual level.
In today’s episode, we are joined by Matt Bush to talk about depression, chronic fatigue and functional freeze, and how they are interlinked with one another. We discuss myths about depression and how pharmaceuticals aren’t the only, or best, way to treat depression.
Also, how we may become wired toward depression at a young age by witnessing and mimicking caregivers in their own depressive states and how social connection, nature, and neurodrills that produce domaine, can help rewire the brain.
Depression can look and feel insidious, but its main function is to be protective. If we reframe the way we look at depression, we can be effective in healing it.
Join us to learn about this and more!
Topics discussed in this episode:
Different levels of freeze responses
The overlap of functional freeze and burnout
Chronic fatigue as a protective output
What is depression?
Some myths about depression
Are pharmaceuticals necessary to treat depression?
How depression can be wired into us by mimicking our primary caregivers
Social connection as a way to rewire depression
Dopamine’s role in the correlation between addiction and depression
How neurodrills can rewire and change brain chemistry
Nature as a healing tool
The socioeconomic and cultural impact on the nervous system
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