Posted by yxibow on March 26, 2006, at 1:32:07
In reply to Re: psychotherapy can alter brain chemistry » yxibow, posted by linkadge on March 24, 2006, at 9:50:02
> I guess I mean chicken/egg in the sence of questioning the origins of the illness.
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> Is depression due to bad chemistry, or is bad chemistry due to depression.
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> LinkadgeYes. In a word. "bad chemistry" perhaps is a bit of a strong or perjorative way of viewing it -- its more "different chemistry."
Depression can be genetic, family gene linked, etc, and thus one may be born with a brain that at points in life gets triggered in a down curve -- same for anxiety disorders, etc.
In the same way, brain chemistry can be changed by things in our lives that deeply affect us, like the death of people we love, being laid off from work, being a social outcast because of some deformity or weakness -- all just examples that could lead to depression, which is altered brain chemistry, in a simplified way.
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