{"id":240677,"date":"2020-06-05T13:46:38","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T20:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=240677"},"modified":"2020-06-05T13:51:56","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T20:51:56","slug":"physiological-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/05\/physiological-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"Physiological Depression"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We talk about mental depression, but why not physical or physiological depression?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is physiological depression?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1180' height='664' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/zGIKYDh5?autoPlay=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1770107250'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We tend to think that depression is a mental phenomenon, not a physical or physiological one. Why not?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1180' height='664' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/4mvJPQJS?autoPlay=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=1&amp;persistVolume=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1770107250'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why do we think that depression is a mental phenomenon?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"240625\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/04\/steal-from-the-greats\/a512dc60-e396-4225-8f8b-84630707142b\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/A512DC60-E396-4225-8F8B-84630707142B.jpeg?fit=955%2C1204&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"955,1204\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"A512DC60-E396-4225-8F8B-84630707142B\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/A512DC60-E396-4225-8F8B-84630707142B.jpeg?fit=955%2C1204&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/A512DC60-E396-4225-8F8B-84630707142B.jpeg?resize=583%2C735&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Skull da Vinci\" class=\"wp-image-240625\" width=\"583\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/A512DC60-E396-4225-8F8B-84630707142B.jpeg?w=955&amp;ssl=1 955w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/A512DC60-E396-4225-8F8B-84630707142B.jpeg?resize=768%2C968&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/A512DC60-E396-4225-8F8B-84630707142B.jpeg?resize=720%2C908&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The general idea:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Depression is caused by a neuro-chemical-hormonal imbalance or aberration in the head, skull, and brain. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The theory is about serotonin, dopamine problems in the brain is the cause of depression. Thus, if we simply fix the serotonin or dopamine signaling pathways to be \u00e2\u20ac\u0153normal\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, then the feelings of depression, ennui, etc will go away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What if the brain and mind were a physical, bodily, and physiological phenomenon?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"240629\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/04\/steal-from-the-greats\/b954e71d-5d32-4cc3-9239-ef4b59994319\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/B954E71D-5D32-4CC3-9239-EF4B59994319.jpeg?fit=737%2C1822&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"737,1822\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"B954E71D-5D32-4CC3-9239-EF4B59994319\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/B954E71D-5D32-4CC3-9239-EF4B59994319.jpeg?fit=737%2C1822&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/B954E71D-5D32-4CC3-9239-EF4B59994319.jpeg?resize=578%2C1428&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-240629\" width=\"578\" height=\"1428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/B954E71D-5D32-4CC3-9239-EF4B59994319.jpeg?w=737&amp;ssl=1 737w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/B954E71D-5D32-4CC3-9239-EF4B59994319.jpeg?resize=720%2C1780&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My theory:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Physiological sickness and illness leads to mental depression. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We talk about mental depression, but why not physical or physiological depression?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":240087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_ek_photo_artist_note":"","_ek_photo_thesis":"","_ek_photo_camera":"","_ek_photo_place":"","_ek_photo_human_moment":"","_ek_photo_sequence":"","_ek_photo_question":"","_ek_photo_canonical_claim":"","_ek_photo_ai_summary":"","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/PARK-WORKOUT-2020-06-03-at-5.22.36-PM-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1600&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240677"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240710,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240677\/revisions\/240710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}