I get it it’s the good mood hormone and you can feel down when you are low on it. Makes sense how it could be the cause of depression.
But how it can be related to brain making stressful thoughts? And forcing one to do compulsions for relief?
And why when you take SSRIs and your Serotonins reach a normal level, a significant reduction of symptoms occurs? I don’t get it.
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Okay, so you know how when you mix paints you end up with different colours? Well brain chemicals are kindof like that. You need to mix just the right colours in just the right amounts to get the final colour that you want. If you mix a little bit too much of one colour then you get a something that’s kindof like the colour you want, but a little too dark or a little too light.
Now imagine a paintbox with over 100 different colours, and you’re trying to mix **exactly** the right colour. Your brain’s chemical system is like that. There are over 100 brain chemicals called neurotransmitters that can change how your brain functions. And they have to be mixed just right or your brain doesn’t work the way other people’s brains do.
Got that?
But also think about the type of paper you’re painting on. If you’re painting on brown paper your paints will make a different colour than if you’re painting on white paper, and your picture might not look the way you want it to look. Well everyone’s brain is a bit different, like painting on different coloured paper. The mixture of paints that might make a nice colour on brown paper won’t make a nice colour on white paper.
It isn’t just about one paint in your paintbox, it’s all about how you mix them (the chemical balance), and the paper you’re drawing on (structural differences in the brain).
There’s more here, such as the brain’s electrical system, but that’s enough for now, okay?
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