If I asked you what was the cause of depression and anxiety, you’d most probably answer “a chemical imbalance in the brain” or a “lack of serotonin”. What may shock you is that this is NOT scientific fact, but actually just a theory reverse-engineered from how we understand anti-depressants to work: they block the reabsorption of serotonin in the brain so that more of this mood-boosting chemical is available. But that doesn’t mean there was ever an imbalance or lack of serotonin in the first place (otherwise like most “diseases” you’d be able to be tested for it, right?),… Keep reading...

If I asked you what was the cause of depression and anxiety, you’d most probably answer “a chemical imbalance in the brain” or a “lack of serotonin”. What may shock you is that this is NOT scientific fact, but actually just a theory reverse-engineered from how we understand anti-depressants to work: they block the reabsorption of serotonin in the brain so that more of this mood-boosting chemical is available. But that doesn’t mean there was ever an imbalance or lack of serotonin in the first place (otherwise like most “diseases” you’d be able to be tested for it, right?),… Keep reading...