Physical Impacts
Depression affects brain structure and chemistry, influencing neurotransmitters like serotonin, and hormones like cortisol.
40
575 reads
CURATED FROM
IDEAS CURATED BY
✍️Curious writer sharing big ideas ✨ in simple, quick reads 📚. Follow for more content! 🔥💡 Join my discord server 👇
Discover the hidden signs of depression doctors don't discuss!
“
Similar ideas to Physical Impacts
Mental health and stress
Stress can cause mental disorders because it impacts the neurotransmitters responsible for relaying messages between the brain and other body parts. For example, serotonin is a neurotransmitter that regulates moods, and cortisol is known as the stress hormone. When we experience prolonged periods...
Neurotransmitters
Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers in the brain. The nerve cells of the brain use neurotransmitters to communicate with each other. The messages they send are believed to play a role in mood regulation.
The three neurotransmitters implicated in depression are:
- Dopamine
Music and hormonal balance
- Hormones like cortisol get released by the body when we listen to music that we don’t enjoy. When the cortisol levels increase, higher levels of anxiety begin to appear.
- When we listen to music which we are fond of, then dopamine, serotonin, and endorphins are released....
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates