How to HEAL Depression & Anxiety │ 10 tips to truly heal yourself 🦋
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- Опубліковано 7 чер 2024
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To be honest, I can’t remember a time from my childhood when I was happy. I struggled with depression and anxiety from a very early age, which eventually took me on a very long path of healing and understanding depression and it’s causes.
I am no longer depressed, but I take depression very seriously and watch out for any signs of it coming back. I make sure to take extra good care of myself when I feel down or extra anxious to make sure my depression won’t come back.
I have been free from my depression for the past few years and not being depressed is maybe not surprisingly the best thing ever! And I want to know that despite what other people might say, healing is possible.
In this video I talk about depression and anxiety, but please be aware that I do touch briefly on topics that might be triggering to some, such as self-harm, eating disorders and suicidal thoughts.
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List of Content
00:36 My depression
01:16 It isn’t your fault
02:01 Medication doesn’t heal depression
03:16 My experience with anti-depressants
04:27 Natural treatments for depression
05:24 Treating the root cause
07:46 You are responsible for healing
08:12 For teenagers
08:27 Stop doing things that doesn’t bring you joy
09:53 Change your physical surroundings
10:33 The Tibetan Monks
11:50 Changing your mental experience
12:19 Conceptual vs. Absolute reality
13:17 Non-dramatic ways of healing
13:42 List of practical things to try
13:49 Healing depression means changing
14:15 Depression is serious
14:53 Thank you
Thank you so much for watching 🌺
Wow, even when I thought I had done the most research, you have taught me stuff here!! I’ve struggled with depression and many other mental illnesses my entire life. I will absolutely be following these tips. You’re the best💕
Oh thank you so much, that’s makes me so happy to hear ☺️
I am a naturopath in Switzerland and I give you my total approval for every word that you say ! You are perfectly right, conventional medication for depression are absolutely NOT a long term solution. Many people don’t know that this kind of medication is designed originally for short term use as they have severe side effects and will affect negatively the brain chemistry if used for a long time…
I truly admire you holistic approach and sincerely believe that you guidelines are inspiring many people. Thank you 🙏
Oh wow, thank you so much. That is so kind and encouraging!
I hope to one day visit the Swiss mountains. I believe the nature and air there would do a lot of good for my health!
I'm glad I came across this video. Your tips are greatly appreciated.
If the mind suffers, the body cries out. Just discovered your channel today....thank you for your positive nature and your kind words...
Thank you ❤️
Go you! I'm significantly older than you and SO glad you discovered ( and are sharing) that is not a sign of mental health to adjust to a sick society)! Love your tips too. :)
Thank you!! Yes!!! Took a few years, but I think we all know it innately. Know we just need to teach the world 😍
Your amazing!!!
More people need to make videos like this.I recently moved to the forest and live off the grid,I don't watch the news.
This has really helped.
Wonderful advice! Thank you for sharing your life experiences concerning what has worked for you and what has not. Your a beautiful breath of fresh air to humanity! God bless you!😇🙏❤️
Wow thank you so much John! That is so sweet and kind of you to say 🙏🏻❤️
Beautifully said! Thank you so much.
Thank you for watching 🥰
Thank You so much Saga. This world is a much better place with you in it. I learned a saying while I was trying to solve my depression, that I thought that you might appreciate. Once I realized that some of the Places that I would frequent were not Healthy for me AND some of the people in my Life were also not healthy for me, knowing that I needed to make these changes in my Life, if I were to progress in my healing, when I tried to explain this to another, I simply would say: "that I need to change my Playgrounds and Playmates." I believe that this defines what it is that I was doing, yet in no more detail than was necessary.
I thought that you would understand this saying, your having moved to various other countries, etc. This was precisely what I had to do as well... Change my Playgrounds. Then to break from Toxic "friendships," or Change my Playmates. Perhaps a little child-like, yet easily understood.
I hope this made some amount of sense to you. Please remain Well & reasonably Happy too. Keep Smiling... Cheers (Skol)
FYI: My Parents emigrated to the U.S. from Sweden, so I am the first generation of my family to be born in a country other than Sweden.
Thank you so much!
Omg thank you so much you are saying all the right stuff💗❤️tysm it helps so much😊☺️
Thank you so so much I've been suffering depression for 2 years. now that I've been healed I can go back to my life I own you one😁
Thank you so much. That makes me so happy to hear! Healing is a fantastic journey 😍
You are brilliant and incredibly articulate, thank you xxxx
Aw thank you so much. That is so sweet xxx 🥰
OH MY GOSH this Is the best depression video on utube. I wish the whole world could see and listen to this. Thank you so so much for making it. I appreciate you.
Karen from Australia
Oh my goodness thank you so so much 🥹 that makes me so happy! Thank you ❤️
I agree, best I've seen so far
Happy to read your story of healing and transcendence.
How did you work all this out at such a young age. I am in my sixties my anxiety started in my early teens. I was treated badly for many years back then little was talked about on this subject. I learnt to hide it for many many years, I pushed myself into a career as a social worker which I didn't really want to do but I didn't want to be seen as a useless nobody.. My personal life has always been difficult. I am now working to jobs that I hate have on anti depressants and anti psychotic meds for years. Sorry for long comment but I think deep inside I new I should be living a completely different way.. Now it's to late but I hope many more people watch your videos you are amazing better than any therapist. Love and peace to everyone xxxxx💛
Thank you so much, that is so kind 💛 I am so sorry for your journey, and I really hope that you can find your path to happiness. My granddad met a new partner at the age of 82 ! I am so thankful for your support xxx
Thank you so much for sharing🙏I just happened to see your video today and am so glad I did! Blessings and love ❤️ from Australia 🇦🇺
I love your mental health videos so great!
Yay! Thank you so much 🥰
This video is really helping me heal, thank you❤️
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It’s tough on both sides. I’ve been depressed too and I also managed to get burned out, left with chronic panic anxiety. Yes, have had therapy and that really helped a lot. That took me out of depression. Yes, I’m still on meds for my panic attacks because my brain simply signals wrongly in any situation. But meds helps me. I’m glad you don’t have to go on any meds. So summary: my biggest issue is panic anxiety with agoraphobia.
That doesn’t hinder me from going out. Or travel. I just can’t do it alone but hey - I’ve got my hubby! Or grown up kids.
Acceptance is important too. I’m very happy in my life and somehow getting burned out was turned to something positive. Though a brutal way to wake up, I needed it.
I’m so happy that you’re no longer depressed. 💗
Thank you so much for sharing 💗 And for your kind words! Completely understand, panic attacks can be very difficult in public and having my husband too has really helped me. It is like I am bringing a piece of the safety of my home with me whenever he is around me!
@@SagaJohanna I can totally relate to your feeling about your husband. I feel the same way :) :DD
In my experience, medication can help a person with severe depression and/or anxiety become functional enough to find a way to heal. It’s a difficult journey; some people complete it, but most people stay on medication.
Your words are very inspiring and true; I’m happy that you have found your path out of depression. 🙂
I just arrived in your channel ;), I am From Brasil, but my mind and soul belong to the world.
I agree with you because i think the same about society and toxic stuff, it is true, and that make us ill and depressed, being far from nature and real connections, we are yet to become...
Thanks so much! Yes it’s difficult staying happy when we lack nature and real connection!
It's actually not about depression only, it brings so many different topics that it is quite revolutionary, orient yourself, don't buy the values they sell, live with your values, so simple and powerful, the more people understand it is life and death issue for all, the bigger the impact the more we can do something, tack så mycket for this one 🙌🔥
This video was really good and I really appreciated your point of view on things it was articulated really well
Thank you so much ☺️
This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my UA-cam channel 8 months ago about self development. Now I have 922 subs and > 700 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I could haven’t learned without getting started in the 1st place.
Thank you so much for this video on depression.
I took antidepressants for 8 months, the first two months I felt relief, but then the medicine stopped working, although I increased the doses. Now, for several months now, I have not taken the medicine at all and I do not know what to do at all.
At the beginning of the treatment, I believed that the medicine would help, that I would recover quickly, but now I have no faith in anything. I know many people suffer from depression for years, but two years has already worn me out.
As you said, it is necessary to find the root of the problem, but the people who are connected with it do not even want to accept the situation as it is.
Thank you for your tips, I will definitely use them.
Thank you for this video. You shared some really good useful tips, and makes me feel hopeful💜also really love the in depth description, and resources you added😌
Oh thank you so much ❤️🥰
Thanks a lot for sharing awareness ✨🍀💚I’d like to say that it was so beneficial and you were right 💚💚💚💚
Oh thank you
I loved your recollection of the Tibetan monks. I am so glad to learn of your separate channel, which I will investigate.
Thank you so much. I’m planning to upload more videos there once I get in the van and have more time. I find these teachers invaluable.
I appreciate you speaking out about antidepressants
Excellent video. I agree about all of this.
Thank you for this video. I really appreciated your insights on life and comments on society. Favourite one yet! SO USEFUL!
Thank you ❤️❤️❤️
PSYCHEDELICS !!! Depressed since the age of 13, I used psychedelics at 60 and got CURED.
Awesome! I think I will continue doing mushrooms every couple of years or so for my long term healing
Really great tips! Thanks for being authentic 🤍
I'm depressed and anxious at the moment, I've just lost my grandpa and my ocd has come back for the first time in 10 years. I actually want to live in Scandinavia, I love history and being so close to so many other European countries (I'm from Australia and it takes forever to get anywhere 😅). I think I'm scared because it's so far away and this has made me question everything and led to an identity crisis ( before this I just wanted to live on a farm and work in agriculture meet a nice girl , which I have she's from Denmark and have my own gym, worked in a corporation and I honestly hated that environment, constantly being demanded to do this , do this etc. Even after my grandpa s death I was told not to take time off)arghhh I was starting to feel better until yesterday I had someone said to me stop being lazy and get a move on , arghh so annoying being told that when I literally never had a day off for 3 years. Its so frustrating when you literally can't get out of bed because your mind is going through hell and being told that. Anyway thanks for the video 🙂. The comment is probably all over the place but just my mind is all over the place
Thank you so much for commenting 🙏🏻 honestly, I completely understand. When my mom died I have the same experience. People being confused I was still sad. I really hope you can get to Europe!
Living on a farm is my dream too. And I think Sweden or Denmark would be a great place for that! I’m in NZ at the moment and gosh it is so far away from everything.
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Thanks for sharing your experience ❤
Thanks for watching! ❤️
I agree with a lot of what you’re saying but for me personally anti depressants have been so helpful.
I also do the things you suggest and look into the reason for the depression, what triggers it, etc and do self work, change of life style, educate myself, I also see society as it really is ( you’re right they don’t care at all )
I have tried to come off antidepressant numerous times, but for me that doesn’t work.
I 100% agree that medication should not be encouraged. Have been where you have, and couldn't agree more. Every single word you say... True 100%
Thank you ❤️ Unfortunately I didn't know about the overwhelming evidence from science before I tried it. Wish the doctors would've communicated this!
I wish this video would go viral!!!❤❤❤
Oh thank you so much ❤️
Thank You so much
❤❤ thank you. I'll do my best because i cannot move from my parent's house for 2 to 3 years. But i'm gonna do what i can do. Thank you.
Sending you my love and energy ❤✨ I know the struggle in that wait! I believe in you ❤
Thanks for your support. I am working hard to make money and be able to move away. Thanks for understanding my situation ❤
Thank you very much for this video 🙏🏼🩷
You’re welcome 😊
Wow, I LOVE what you said in this video. Hats off to you.
Just remember you are not alone. You are beautiful, cute, kind, sweet, and genuine❤❤😊😊
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Hello Saga I wish it were this simple. I have been seriously depressed for 30 years and know that if I wasn't on my meds (the side effects you mentioned are the very rare ones and ease overtime - a month or two) I definitely would not still be alive. Anti depressants will not cure you but as a diabetic needs insulin so I need my meds. If your lovely alternatives work for someone else then I would be so pleased but for me I am just too ill. I did try most but they didn't help. I have been very lucky to have had fantastic medics wherever I live too.
I used to be on medication too, but unfortunately the science say that they’re not effective. Considering side effects or not.
However, I think we need to do what we can to survive :) if you’re interested I left many links in the description which I think explain it better than I could!
@@SagaJohanna Bless you for replying sweetie I have, being quite old tried many alternatives, but these really are the only ones that work for me though I know that is not the case for everyone. I am so glad that you are living a good and happy life using what works for you skat x
@@SagaJohanna I called you skat because it is danish for darling x
I suffer from severe depressive disorder and anxiety. I Love You ❤
I hope this helped. There is always hope ❤️
Thank you 🙏
thanks 💛🌠
I am re-watching this, as your thoughts are really helping me make some changes.
Can I ask about the symbology of your neckless? I think you said somewhere that is related to your transition to vegetarianism. I am aiming to do that next, although would really struggle with veganism.
Thank you so much!
Yes of course. It has a dual meaning. My mom always wore a golden necklace, but it was lost when she died, so it is a reminder of her and a symbol of our spiritual connection. It is also a "vegan" necklace that has the reasons for being vegan on it: the planet, peace, compassion, the animals, and "v" for vegan.
I used to think I would struggle with veganism, and as a vegetarian I used to say "I could never go vegan". Now I am vegan for compassion and plant based for my health. I don't eat any processed food and the only reason I thrive doing this is because of the fantastic resources I have discovered along the way, and a incredibly abundant mindset:
nutritionfacts.org/, his books "How not to die" and "how not to diet" are incredible, I can't recommend them enough.
The China Study, a bit of a deep dive but very fascinating
Thanks for the video
it’s not my fault? this is the first time i’ve ever heard this. thank you
I feel so connected to it. I am on medication since October 2021.
Thank you so much! If you like meditation I think you’d like the book by Peña Chodron called “how to meditate”. It has such good points about meditation.
@@SagaJohanna you mis-read the comment. They said that they ARE ON medication. You know, the thing that you have explained that it DOESN'T WORK??
@@RonWrightwrites meditation works ;)
I really, truly enjoy your videos 🤎. Your innocence 😇 and sincerity come across in the messages that you deliver to us. Thanks for continuing to make these videos, especially this one about 10 ways to give yourself care and kindness. I definitely need the reminders and suggestions.
Hi! i'm wondering if you take or took saffron daily, if so how do you consume it? And how much?
Hi! This is the study in which they mention how much they take nutritionfacts.org/video/saffron-vs-prozac/?queryID=4434fc8545c76002bb0d26b80476fe02
I take it sometimes, normally as a golden milk or tea :) usually only a 2-5 strands since it’s quite expensive
Thanks!
Thank you :)
I don't think that I have ever been depressed. But I have often been unhappy but I think it's quite different.
Thank you very much for❤
You're welcome 😊
Im on antidepressants and my parents dont let me get off them even though Im 26 years old ( I live with them)
I do agree with you that there are many things about modern western society and culture that are increasing people's risk for becoming depressed.
Right!
Great video, thank you! First, you are Wow, gorgeous. I'm going to have to grab some Sulfurophane, great tip. Also respect for a fellow Vegan. Completely agree about anti depressants, too. "It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." Krishnamurti. Honestly, I think if you're half way awake, you're probably a little (or a lot) depressed, considering the sad state of affairs around the world, today. Praying for peace!
Thank you!! Yay #vegan
Love that quote! I completely agree. One of my favourite teachers Tsonkyi Rinpoche said he just cried when he walks down the street because of compassion. I try my best to meditate on compassion, and although saddening, it usually helps. And it helps me to not be angry at the people around me...
My mom have depression
She feels physically ill as well
She is on medication for months and nothing helped her
I am hear to learn how I can help her because I don't see any improvement from her medication
Her life is not toxic or a negative environment
Everithing started when she broke her hand and now she is doing physiotherapy.
Did you felt physically fatigue?
Thank you
Yes, I struggled with feeling very fatigue and numb. Does she need to be more social and have more friends maybe?
Ur back story is the reason im depressed
Hi Can you do a video on growing broccoli sprouts ! I have sprouted for years, and I always have trouble with broccoli sprouts going bad OK what do you?
Yes good idea! Once they are ready I put them in the fridge and eat within 2 days since they don't last very long.
I am 13 years old and i dont know if i have depression but i sometimes have panic attacks. My question is should i go to the doctor or not
Going to the doctor may help, but they can either prescribe you medication or refer you to someone that you can talk to. Since you’re 13 you may have access to a counselor via your school or a youth service, depending on where you’re living. I would look into that first! And if you need a doctor to refer you go to the doctor first :)
Hej Saga! Fantastiskt bra innehåll i dina videor, jag har precis börjat följa dig och det är så inspirerande. Jag ser att du bor i nya zeeland och undrar vart i landet du bor? Jag bor tillsammans med min partner (kiwi) i auckland och skulle oerhört gärna ses. Är nyligen diagnostiserad med adhd och skulld gärna dela tankar om livet och livsstilar med dig. Kram, jag hoppas på att få höra från dig ❤️❤️❤️😊
I absolutely love this! Subscribed immediately❤😊. Even tough I don't agree on veganism (each to their own), this channel bring good things to the table for me, so thank you!
Aw thank you
I will buy sulforaphane! I experience nature and spirituality in healing depression and anxiety too. Both conventional and herbal I experience can help, when the medicin support to heal, but I do thing about what the medicin is doing and what is my own nervous system and insights making the healing.
Broccoli sprouts have the highest levels! So easy and cheap to grow ❤
Wow!!!....
She highkey spittin
Personally, medication does kind of help me if I don't take it then my intrusive thoughts become worse and more frequent, and overall makes me feel worse but I understand it is probably not the same for everybody.
I here you and I completely agree that it's different for everyone. I have also used medication and in part I owe some of my life to them. ☺️
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The doctors are always first to push antidepressants. It's understandable that it does work for some people, it's just a shame that there are a lot of other ways to recover and learn coping strategies that aren't talked about. Some people need a multitude of different treatment options not just medication.
Ps. Forgot! My cats has helped me a lot feeling better mentally. They are such a comfort even though they do shred white cat hairs all over my black clothes. But that’s okay. It’s worth it. Ds.
Haha, aw I miss my cat so much :D But I do not miss vacuuming lol
@@SagaJohanna Vacuuming isn't at task I really enjoy, but having cats... well... hahaha! I'm not a UA-camr, but I did put out a clip of my cats (with a friend's cat) when living in the apartment that we're now selling. I'll see if I can copy and paste. Hold on! Jeez... not good at this lol!
ua-cam.com/video/09VbAh8jxxE/v-deo.html
Cats, 100% !
Please don't "should" the treatment of depression. It's not a one-size-fits-all approach. There is no silver bullet and what works for some may actually harm others.
Try getting a pet it helps a lot i have a cat and it helps me get trough the day
They kan get pretty annoying sometimed
Adopting a cat is one of the best things
You don't have to make radical changes. It's ok to grow as a person, but sometimes is also important to accept and adapt.
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I am sorry but I disagree with u on medications u should not say that medication doesn't help I'm on medication and it helps me tremendously. Everyone is different.thats not right to say that,!!
Please look at the clinical studies shared in the depression! There you can see that there is a lack of scientific evidence to prove that SSRI medication work.
To be clear, I’m not taking about ALL medication. I’m talking about SSRI anti depressants. Hope this helps :)
I agree, this is very harmful to say medications don't work. Nothing was helping me for years, but after 1 week of medications I started to feel much better. I'm taking it years and no side effects besides mood being stabilised. There are many clinical studies showing how there are healing people with low serotonin level which might be organic. Once again- very harmful content.
I believe medication gives you a temporary relieve, but how would you feel if you come off them? Unless you will decide to take medication forever. I personally don’t like relying on medication, I’m trying to deal with my depression in a different way, but like you said everyone is different and what works for me might not work for you.
It can help, but does it really help, though?
I side with her..we dont need meds..big pharm sucks and so do the docs that chose the easy way out by writing a prescription and not letting you know the neg effects it has on your body
Jesus é o caminho, a Verdade e a Vida.
Ele pode te curar, simplesmente abra seu coração a Ele.
Saúde, paz 🙌🤝
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Amen
You use your logic, and it seems that it worked for you. But other people may have other circumstances and may be truly helped by having the right psychiatrist who will work with them to find the right medicine. If you are bipolar you cannot wish it away, if you are clinically depressed you cannot wish it away. I feel very sad you are making general statements that could influence someone else to deny their path to get helthy. I feel it is very irresponsible on your side. Other self-harming girls may not be able to consciously stop their behaviour. Good for you if you did, but I wish you would support other people's way of healing as oppossed to demonizing them. Good luck to you.
Depression and anxiety are symptoms of debilitating stress, harmful addictions, bad habits/ Holistic health encompasses our mental, physical and spiritual DNA/ I'm not religious, not a believer/ I'm self-educated in the theology of Christian Anarchy and oneness with God/ You got a body and a brain/ You are a soul/ Life is theological, not ideological/
Christian Anarchy? Never heard of that! Have you read History by Elsa Morante?
@@SagaJohanna The narrative of History dwells on the tangible, visible realities of existentialist struggles and the worsening tormenting crisis thereof/ Every experience in the context of the second world war is the horribly tragic consequence of socioeconomic policies that enslave the fearful, obedient masses/ There is no wisdom in the plethora of isms, realm of the left brain tree of death/ An ism is an ism is an ism/ Ego reigns in this hell on earth spawned by soulless people of the lie/ The truth of our immortality and the essence of cultural evolution are in the writings of C.S. Lewis, Ivan Illich, Leo Tolstoy, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, Hermann Hesse/
Some people just need medication, because they don't ha serotonin in their brain. They don't feel like they would enjoy doing things. So some antidepressants could help them do things. I have tried 8 of those with low results
I'd really suggest looking at the studies I linked :)
You should avoid talking medications, but for some people it is an absolute necessity.
A person’s individual chemistry will react very differently to medications in some circumstances. Depression has many causes and cannot be treated the same for everyone.
This is not my opinion but based on the studies mentioned in the description box 🙏❤️
You mention capitalism but, there's depression in Socialist, Communist, authoritarian societies that those in charge want fixed so production goes on.
Medications are pathetic
That’s one take 😂😊
1) Anxiety and Depression coexist very often. 2) You've had other episodes before, new ones had to happen. 3) Medication does work wonders, if diagnose is correct and it's correctly use. 4) You have a hard genetic burden. 5) You can't cure your depression, in much the same way that you can't avoid being blonde. 6) Very wrong, again, about medication - all those side effects almost never happen (I'm a psychiatrist). 7) If no doctors / no therapists lifestyle cured the depression, that was not a depression. 8) 60mg Fluoxetine is not a crazy dose. 9) Feeling happy doesn't equally not having depression. 10) No, there's not enough evidence to use dietary supplements (in general) for depression, anxiety, ... 10) We don't look too much about the root cause because too often you don't find it, it is usually genetic - look at your family (your family). 11) You self-harmed (¿BPD features?) + hade an Eating Disorder? That'd mean you didn't have "just a Depression. 12) No, you don't work for huge corporations; if you believe that, don't ever use any medication, don't ever receive surgery again, ... 13) You can't heal a real Depression - check out neurobiology on Depression and other diagnoses you've mentioned. 14) Not happy doesn't equal Depressed, again. You're very wrong in almost everything you say, and it's really sad, as you've travelled a long Mental Health path, that they didn't teach these very basic things. You're even wrong about enlightenement. Besides, you've said on another video you have Autism, couldn't it be that many problems you've mentioned go with it, plus those BPD features? They explain everything to me, even your experience with therapy and medication. Anyhow, I wish you the best, you seem a lovely young positive woman.
Please read the links. Being a psychiatrist is not evidence :) As I've said before, many of the things I mention here are not my opinion, but evidence based science. All linked below!
I take medications since 2 years now. Low dosis and i feel so good. Before i cant go out alone because of panic attacks and dizzyness…its just 10mg of citalopram and i can do everything By myself. I am so happy😊
Yes, I’m sure some medications can help :) snd 10 mg is a very low dose as far as I know 🥰 so glad to hear that!
Great tips !
There is more than good reason why Saga says what she says. She relies on hard scientific evidence about ssri antidepressants revealed publicly, recently. The public at large has not yet caught this information, yet it is ongoing and you will easily find what you need to know by googling it, for those who wonder.
We have got to be sure about the value of the medication we take since its effect on our bodies is huge, most of the time invisible and silent but nevertheless, very real.
Medication that works is often worth the problems it will create but medication that is not proven safe and useful is not worth the many negative effects it will always have, right away or down the road. In medicine we don't speak of meds as"poison" for nothing but because they all are toxic one way or another. Some are infinitely precious, life-saving and worth the trouble. We accept that : risk and benefit are weighed constantly.
Depression is such an incredibly painful disorder to have that we all are eager to find relief. Only those who suffer or who have suffered from depression can really understand. I get it, since I am personally very familiar with depression.
Our personal experience is very important to us and should be. But it cannot serve as proof of anything; science and huge studies involve the infinitely precise observation of thousands, hundreds of thousand of individuals over a very long period of time according to an extremely strict protocol. Some run for decades.
There are also many poorly managed studies floating around led by unscrupulous scientists or doctors. There are such huge financial gains to be made that it cannot be helped. Great care must be taken to identify legitimate sources that respect the protocol.
It is best to verify for others and for ourselves as soon as it is possible. What have you got to lose ? Today, it is possible for anyone to check facts out. At least, we can learn to be cautious about the affirmations we make.
Our young swedish girl knows what she is talking about. Nobody believes anymore in the scientific community that the serotonin theory of depression is empirically substantiated. There is no evidence, no proof, whatsoever, and there never has been.
Perhaps, some day, someone will prove that ssri antidepressants work, but for now, no one has. You'll understand that the fact that some of us feel better after taking them cannot validate anything since the improvement could be due to ANY number of other factors occurring at the same time as we take the medication.
Google it, you'll see what has been going on immediately. Check your sources and ask professionals around. Some will still be clueless, but most are aware, now.
If you don't know how to analyse the validity of a scientific study, you can learn on the internet : it's easy but you have to understand the requirements. This is useful for anyone who wants to know more about any medication.
So, if you are so inclined, kindly review the scientific literature which now is revealing left and right that what we were told about ssri antidepressants is NOT true.
Psychiatrists all over the world have been discreetly questioning ssri antidepressants for years simply because they became distressed year after year as they observed they were not helping patients but had to deal with side effects and addiction...It is their patients who started demanding an explanation. So they wanted PROOF and never got any.
This revelation is shocking but good because now "they" are going to work on finding something that really works ! As a matter of fact, they are working on it as we speak.
I did look into it all because it concerns me and doing research is something I enjoy. I come from a scientific and medical background so this is something that comes naturally to me.
There are tons of studies out there that demonstrate that there was NEVER any evidence produced that ssri anti-depressants work : we were lied to for decades. You can try to find ONE study that demonstrates the positive effect of those meds, you won't find any because there are none.
Professionals have known about this for a long time but didn't know what to do. Some profited from the huge benefits produced.
I have asked psychiatrists here in France about this and they ALL admitted that they were fooled too. Some admit that they knew there was never any scientific proof.
Below are a couple of excerpts from the most serious scientific journal NATURE. They did a systematic "umbrella" review of all the evidence : it was published last year and all psychiatrists are now taking a step back.
It created havoc amongst professionals. Some are horrified that they were so lied to and admit that they observed no proof of value in ssri meds given to their patients, ever : most people recover without the medication and many who take it do not respond at all.
Those patients who, it is thought, are responding positively are experiencing placebo effects.
What matters here is simply to get informed carefully. The general public is convinced that ssri anti depressants work due to the incredible buzz that has been going on for decades and the fact that professionals have been influenced by the buzz too : they are only human.
Last year it was officially and publicly confirmed that ssri antidepressants do not work differently than any placebo. We now know that pharmaceutical companies pushed these meds without any scientific evidence, ever, and hid as much negative information as possible. Remember cigarettes ? Same thing went on for decades, until it was no longer possible to hide the truth...
There are many other ways to deal with depression.
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20 july 2022
Molecular psychiatry
The serotonin theory of depression: a systematic umbrella review of the evidence
"The chemical imbalance theory of depression is still put forward by professionals [17], and the serotonin theory, in particular, has formed the basis of a considerable research effort over the last few decades [14]. The general public widely believes that depression has been convincingly demonstrated to be the result of serotonin or other chemical abnormalities [15, 16], and this belief shapes how people understand their moods, leading to a pessimistic outlook on the outcome of depression and negative expectancies about the possibility of self-regulation of mood [64,65,66]. The idea that depression is the result of a chemical imbalance also influences decisions about whether to take or continue antidepressant medication and may discourage people from discontinuing treatment, potentially leading to lifelong dependence on these drugs [67, 68].
[...]This review suggests that the huge research effort based on the serotonin hypothesis has not produced convincing evidence of a biochemical basis to depression. This is consistent with research on many other biological markers [21]. We suggest it is time to acknowledge that the serotonin theory of depression is NOT empirically substantiated."
Cheers, mate, from France. 🤗
Thank you so much, and it seems as though we think the same :) Merci!
6:21 me realizing my boyfriend is what i need to change . by change i mean dump lmao. he really makes it so hard being autistic. I hate untrustworthy people.