I’m fairly sure the “chemical imbalance” thing is still not a proven cause. It’s more of a metaphor psychiatrists use when trying to get someone to take meds.

I’m fairly sure the “chemical imbalance” thing is still not a proven cause. It’s more of a metaphor psychiatrists use when trying to get someone to take meds. Time in nature, meaningful work, healthy food, body movement, healthy relationships, processing emotional trauma, etc. are the contexts that ultimately get leverage on “mental health”. For me, I was told by Standford psychiatrists I’d be on meds my entire life, presenting w suicidal depression, biploar, schizophrenia, anxiety,etc. Thankfully I trusted my intuition and found a path through without traditional drugs (psychedelics helped). But from my journey I realized “chemical imbalance” was more metaphor than reality… and sort of a hyphothesis that didn’t really play out.