Posted by SLS on February 27, 2009, at 8:07:20
In reply to Re: neurotransmitters and eye dialation » SLS, posted by garnet71 on February 26, 2009, at 12:24:06
> "Stress precipitates depression and alters its natural history."
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> Does this mean environmental and physical stressors?Yes. It also includes psychosocial stresses. So, it is not really so much the source of the stress, but the result, since both external and internal stresses trigger the same responses by the body.
> I don't know Scott. I am intuitively guessing that my brain receptors somehow got fried either from too much stress or psych meds, or a combination of both.
Probably both. One way to optimize your chances of regaining health is to remove as much stress you can from your environment and from within your psyche. Of course, some amount of good stress - eustress - serves a useful purpose when it comes to become activated enough to function outside your comfort zone. Homework due by tomorrow morning, for example. Even here, it becomes a matter of degree.
- Scott
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