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Are low levels of neurotransmitters a cause or a symptom?

Well, every single human being on this earth right now will experience many occasions in their lives when things go wrong, when bad things happen, when times are trying – in short, times when they won’t be their usual happy selves. Now, during these times, their levels of “happy chemicals” will drop, and life will seem a bit of an effort. So, does this mean that everybody on planet will descend into an episode of stress, depression or anxiety? Of course not!

And do we just wake up one day and feel depressed because levels of neurotransmitters has “dipped below critical level?”. No. Because that would mean we’d wake up one day and feel great because level has risen above critical point. You know this just doesn’t happen, even after taking antidepressants.

What’s interesting to note is that when we are in an episode of mental turmoil, we also experience physical pain, we cannot sleep or we sleep too much and feeling of overwhelming exhaustion is also present. But if a chemical imbalance in our brain is at root, how come you experience physical pain in your legs, arms, and more commonly, your back?

You can see that this is too simple an explanation. This is borne out by fact that 70% of people who take antidepressants will descend into second and even third episodes of mental breakdown if they stop taking drugs. This is because antidepressants treat ONE of SYMPTOMS of mental illness – depleted levels of neurotransmitters.

It’s nearly time for me to say adios, but before I do, I will reveal what, EXACTLY, is at root cause of mental breakdown. It is all down to flawed modes of thinking. Because only difference between people who experience an episode of mental illness and those who don’t is all down to flawed perceptions, assessments, explanations and habits performed by sufferers

The following example will describe this more clearly:

Two people suffer death of a parent. One is absolutely distraught and finds it very difficult to cope and descends into a depressive episode. The other, although sad at loss, is coping and doesn’t descend into depression. The only difference lies IN THE WAY THEY MAKE SENSE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THEM. The actual event has no meaning by itself. The meanings only lie within minds of individuals affected.

To beat mental illnesses such as anxiety, stress and depression, what’s needed is to learn powerful and effective mental skills – modes of thinking – used by people who don’t become stressed, depressed or anxious no matter what happens to them and which stop these illnesses dead in their tracks. Once you learn them, you will rid yourself of pain once and for all.

Something a bottle of prozac will never achieve.