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Materialistic science is the #1 obstacle to understanding the nature of depression. Depression is a reaction to an unhealthy environment, but science pathologiz

by dilemma 10y ago

Materialistic science is the #1 obstacle to understanding the nature of depression. Depression is a reaction to an unhealthy environment, but science pathologizes the individual biology.

PaulHoule 10y ago
Biological psychiatrists would not disagree with you. Serotonin is associated with dominance and social status in animals. If you get "beat down like a minion" you are very likely to have your serotonin system get in bad shape.
- oconnore 10y ago
  How do you decide what's environmental and what's chemical when everything in your brain is chemical, and you can't isolate the environment?
  - PaulHoule 10y ago
    Your brain runs on chemical energy, sugars and such. It is all chemical and it is all the environment.
saulrh 10y ago
Isn't a good chunk of depression genetic? That is, sure, it's a reaction to an unhealthy environment, but you have to have the predisposition that makes you respond with depression, otherwise you just deal with it?
- cpncrunch 10y ago
  It's just another factor. Some people are just more predisposed to depression. However I imagine that it's possible for everyone to get depression with the right circumstances.