What if it's both a chemical imbalance and people in distress? I'm a materialist. I don't draw a distinction between the machinery of the brain and the substanc

What if it's both a chemical imbalance and people in distress? I'm a materialist. I don't draw a distinction between the machinery of the brain and the substance of consciousness. When you're happy, that's what one electro-chemical configuration feels like. When you're unhappy, that's what another, different configuration feels like.