Robert Sapolsky: The Biology and Psychology of Depression
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Stanford Professor Robert Sapolsky gives an overview of both the biology and psychology of depression, with the key points being that depression is as a real...

tl;dw if you have childhood trauma, no agency, and no social support you're turbofucked.

he talks about material conditions a little but doesn't name them as such so there's a marxism shaped hole in the analysis but i'd be shocked if a yankee associated with stanford university would get his shit together enough to recognize and then say publicly that socialism would massively reduce the risk of major depression

  • ReadFanon [any, any]
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    8 months ago

    tl;dw if you have childhood trauma, no agency, and no social support you're turbofucked

    I'm just glad to be included in the discussion 🥹 (/half-joking)

    • JohnBrownNote [comrade/them, des/pair]
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      8 months ago

      yea

      lot of "hey he's talking about me" and some "what the fuck you mean we do coinflip brain surgeries", plus the best drugs only actually work 1/3 of the time and ohbytheway our serotonin model might be exactly backwards too.