This makes sense. I can also relate it to keeping a list of little tasks in my mind that I need to complete. They can be small, like pay a bill, get a haircut, wash the dishes, return an item. While small, they are many. If I carry their weight around for too long, they grow and become daunting to complete.
This is a great thing to hear. When I was younger, I could handle intense stress, and almost thrived on it. I figured that I was just getting older and not able to handle it anymore. As I look at the last 5-10 years my level of stress intensity hasn't really gone up, but the number of things that I am having to deal with has significantly increased. When younger my primary concern was making sure my family was taken care of, and I looked at that as 1 stress although there were many parts to that stress. Now I have multiple issues with adult kids, running a company, divorce, lawsuits. When I get one taken care of, another issue immediately takes its place. It seems to be a never-ending cycle, and there are times that I wonder if it will ever end.
Orion, although I broadly agree with many of the things that you've stated herein, certain things aren't accurate - for example, you mention that the serotonin model of depression as being inaccurate (or even, it seems, 0:55 entirely inapplicable) because of the apparent non-correlation of serum serotonin levels with depression... No, I'm not contending that any neurotransmitter model of depression is both perfect & complete, but any correlation of (say) serotonin levels versus depression is actually related to (inter alia) serotonin levels in certain synapses, & its role in neuroplasticity. Serum levels of neurotransmitter levels tend to be poorly correlated with mood (et al.).states due to many factors - e.g., the rapid metabolism of such neurotransmitters, the effects of the blood-brain barrier, dietary (versus temporal) influences, et cetera... No, I'm not fetshising any neurotransmitter hypotheses, only stating that they need to be considered in due panoramic context - neither deified nor reified, nor overlooked.
This is the best channel I've ran into in a last couple of years.
This makes sense. I can also relate it to keeping a list of little tasks in my mind that I need to complete. They can be small, like pay a bill, get a haircut, wash the dishes, return an item. While small, they are many. If I carry their weight around for too long, they grow and become daunting to complete.
This is a great thing to hear. When I was younger, I could handle intense stress, and almost thrived on it. I figured that I was just getting older and not able to handle it anymore. As I look at the last 5-10 years my level of stress intensity hasn't really gone up, but the number of things that I am having to deal with has significantly increased. When younger my primary concern was making sure my family was taken care of, and I looked at that as 1 stress although there were many parts to that stress. Now I have multiple issues with adult kids, running a company, divorce, lawsuits. When I get one taken care of, another issue immediately takes its place. It seems to be a never-ending cycle, and there are times that I wonder if it will ever end.
I think a lot of it, as we age, is just not compartmentalizing and getting overwhelmed with small details.
THANK YOU for calling out the corrupt pharmaceutical industry for it's bullshit.
Well said, was thinking the same thing.
This is incredibly useful information.
I can personally confirm this theory....
makes sense
Does this tie up with the findings that DNA isn't fixed, but certain portion turns on/off depends on externalities?
Orion, although I broadly agree with many of the things that you've stated herein, certain things aren't accurate - for example, you mention that the serotonin model of depression as being inaccurate (or even, it seems, 0:55 entirely inapplicable) because of the apparent non-correlation of serum serotonin levels with depression... No, I'm not contending that any neurotransmitter model of depression is both perfect & complete, but any correlation of (say) serotonin levels versus depression is actually related to (inter alia) serotonin levels in certain synapses, & its role in neuroplasticity. Serum levels of neurotransmitter levels tend to be poorly correlated with mood (et al.).states due to many factors - e.g., the rapid metabolism of such neurotransmitters, the effects of the blood-brain barrier, dietary (versus temporal) influences, et cetera... No, I'm not fetshising any neurotransmitter hypotheses, only stating that they need to be considered in due panoramic context - neither deified nor reified, nor overlooked.
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