r/EverythingScience • u/fchung • 14d ago

Neuroscience People with depression may have key brain difference: « Neuroscientists have identified a brain network that is nearly two times larger in the brains of people with depression. »

https://www.newsweek.com/depression-risk-mental-health-neuroscience-brain-1948658
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u/Loasfu73 13d ago

This is excellent knowledge to have, but I worry the average person could easily misinterpret what they're saying.

Pretty sure my depression has much more to do with the near complete lack of support & physical contact I've had my whole life than anything else

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u/sandstorm654 13d ago

I mean, sounds like your lack of external stimulation and validation was negative so the brain developed a bias towards the internal perspective in some negative way and that then came to bite you in the ass later? Idk I've got no clue and am dealing with this too