Depression is linked to changes in several parts of the brain. Here’s how depression works and how the brain can overcome it.
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How Your Brain Works When You’re Depressed | Better | NBC News
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wow 6 weeks and it’ll be over huh? how accurate is this “study” may i ask
They must me talking about light or mild depression here 😂 getting better in 4-6 weeks. If only…
I hope that one day doctors and researchers will acknowledge that treatment for depression is not one size fits all. The current treatment model tends to lump everyone together “if you just raise the serotonin levels in your brain you’ll be cured!” But everybody’s brain is different. Now this is just my experience, but I tried several SSRI/SNRI’s that did very little to help. I am now on Wellbutrin which specifically targets dopamine and it’s been truly life changing. Obviously some people’s depression is caused by low serotonin but I think it should be clear in 2024 that we are in need of better, more accessible, more individualized treatment for depression
Im so sick of life.
I dont have depression but some nights I feel depressed even though I dont have depression
24seconds in.
Try living with major depression for 15 years
Medications are not long term solution to depression.
My life is miserable. I'm a miserable man. I wish I knew how to change that.
Don’t take antidepressants it spoilt my brain 😩
I used to parent depressed i used to lay in my room and isolate my wife and kids because i couldnt deal with them.
I did it for days on end
Mine is from 10 amalgam fillings…which probably gives us IBS.
I don't know what it is but I feel like living is soo useless and don't get the point of living doing all the things all over again for whatt?? Like no I don't wanna do suicide or smthg obvi but I don't want to live either!!
There is no evidence depression is caused by a chemical imbalance
Its much more likely caused by chronic stress in a hyper competitive society.
No where did it say on here that 9-5’s are the real cause of depression 😭
I don’t know if I have depression I definately don’t cry or anything. It’s like I’ve really fallen apart in terms of the daily stuff I do. I’m unmotivated to literally do anything. Sometimes a cloud forms inside me kinda thing where I just can’t focus on my studies or talking to people. Anyone got some suggestions other than therapy?
why did you have to add the annoying background music, it's too loud and distracting
I have depression because of school, I’m not alone, my sister feels the same thing, I feel so bad when I remember school that it make me crazy
Depression is when your brain is lost at sea. Normal people have boats. Sometimes people throw life rafts, but it's only a temporary solution. Some who are depressed just fell into the sea for a time, but found land and level grounding. Some never do. There are those who are fine, and adopt the sea, even though they are land creatures, so it's unhealthy. And some try to swim against the currents. Sometimes it's storms, and sometimes it's calm. All in all, make peace with the sea, and know you're never alone, everyone has their own sea to wade in.
Lol no way. They just don't care about people with intractable, trauma-related depression. There is nothing for us.
TIME CHANGES EVERYTHING BE CALM😊
For most adults, depression happens usually after college. Most of your young life there is always a goal or structure in sight. However once you graduate and get a job, there is nothing left to do other than work, get married, start a family etc. Even if you can afford to live comfortably, your life doesn’t seem like it’s being lived to the fullest. That’s because most of the key moments in life have already been accomplished when we are young.
Sugars can damage your brain causing depression. Destroy your kidneys and liver and hormones. Stay away from sugar problems solve.
Once you have gone through it. You never see things in the same positive light. Nothing can solve that.
I was miserable for years. I related to all these videos and they gave me comfort for a very very long time, I could sit and romantacise my own sadness for hours which turned into days. I can tell you all that one day, it changes. The sun comes out and it changes. Just keep swimming. We are all rooting for you buddy you have to stand up for your self or no one will.
Depression is a chemical imbalance? We’re just gonna start there with a dubious-at-best claim?
Depression lifting in a few weeks is misinformation, it can lift in an hour or day but be right back in the next hour or day.
Jesus christ can set you free from depression
I have depression and I don't think it is ever going to go away ,especially because I was depressed (they say I'm bipolar 2, anxiety with panic attacks, etc.) and traumatized before my brother killed himself, now I'm really a mess. I've been on meds for decades, which is making me screwier all the time. Kids, if you are depressed, think before you get on meds !!I don't know what else to say to young people, your situation in life will change, change is inevitable, for good or bad.
Nothing is as worse as what I'm going through in my youtube video 😭
My mom says
She starts to get life flashing Infront of her and clearly see it and heavy head and head hurting so I always get worried for her
DEPRESSION cannot be medically cured
Vitamin D is key! The RDA of 600 IU is much too low. Recent studies have shown that around 20,000 IU is what our bodies really need.
pharmaceutical companies money making exercise selling junk that does not work
How is everyone?
Makes sense
"4-6 weeks" LOL it's really not that simple. If it were nobody would have depression.
The talent s I use to have is gone cause my depression
I'm captivated by the depth of this material. A book with parallel content reshaped my entire outlook. "A Life Unplugged: Reclaiming Reality in a Digital Age" by Theodore Blaze
Meds helped me for a while… but in time they stop to work.
Biological and environmental for me.