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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Interestingly, malfunction of cortisol signaling has been very strongly linked to depression. High-dose corticosteroids can produce an array of mood effects, including depression and mania, as well as other psychiatric symptoms. Relatively recently, psychoactive steroids have been approved for postpartum depression.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

can you give a source? im not suspicious of what youre saying and id love to read up on this

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I get it of course, but just for fun, can you explain it as if I'm too lazy to look up what that is?

(I know serotonin is generally linked with happiness, but I don't know the other thing)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's stress hormones you use to handle stress with becoming an emotional wreck. This includes physical stress like getting sick but also of course emotional stress.

The effects of low cortisol are similar to a burnout and high cortisol makes you worry and restless on the low end and paranoid at the high end.

Corticosteroids are synthetic versions of this and often use to treat infections and inflammation.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

<exploding-head.gif>. Holy shit dude... A significant portion of my life just snapped into focus with an almost audible click. I got an actual head rush as my brain went into overload trying to re-sort pretty much it's entire contents.
I know this is a throwaway comment for you, but this shit explains so much of my life.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Research skills are a muscle. ;)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

I'm in this photo and I don't like it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Those bond angles though. Not to mention the side groups. Hard to look at.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Like white Wonder Bread with the crust still on, and calling it a hamburger.