Tag: trauma

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Serotonin (5-HT) drives fear and conditions such as anxiety/PTSD

Conversely, blocking 5-HT or lowering its synthesis can probably cure most fear-based conditions such as generalized anxiety…

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Serotonin causes the startle response, and likely PTSD as well

As my readers know, I have posted quite a few threads in the past on the topic…

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Parents’ emotional trauma may change their children’s biology

Not a new idea, but the study is a nice summary of recent work in the area…

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Psychiatric diagnoses are ‘worthless’, most mental conditions stem from stress (trauma)

It is rare to see a study like the one below that does not hold anything back…

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Blocking stress signal (adrenaline) just once cures anxiety, PTSD and maybe any mental disorder.

This is a remarkable study, which once again implicates extreme stress in the pathology of mental health…