How your brain being depressed makes your body exhausted.
In: Biology
Getting certain neurotransmitters to do actions that will feel rewarding in some way is essential for body to move.
Psychology msc here.
Some theories suggest that when you’re depressed the neurotransmitters are messed up and your perception of reward for doing something is also messed up. Meaning that you just don’t act. Not getting neural motivation to lift your muscles to do things can feel like exhaustion.
For example you get a dose of dopamine that will encourage you to lift you finger and buy a chocolate because your brain knows how tasty it is.
When you’re depressed chocolate might not feel like a good enough reward so you don’t get the dopamine release to even reach for it, hence feeling unmotivated and somewhat exhausted.
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