#### [[notes_Clinical vs Non-clinical depression ]] **Creator**:: [[Dr. K]] **Source**:: [[course_Dr. K's Guide to Mental Health]] **Link**:: [clinical-vs-non-clinical-depression](https://coaching.healthygamer.gg/guide/lessons/clinical-vs-non-clinical-depression), [neuroscience-of-depression](https://coaching.healthygamer.gg/guide/lessons/neuroscience-of-depression) #### Terms - [[Congruent Depression]] - [[Clinical Depression]] ## Notes - [[Clinical Depression]] is episodic - it will go away on it's own as the [[body]] heals itself - medication is to reduce duration, severity, and frequency of [[depression]] - responds to [[mind]] [[body]] techniques like [[Yoga]] - the [[brain]] is lying to you, we can't follow it's inclinition - [[Default Mode Network (DMN)]] Gives us the capacity of [[self-awareness]] - Humans are separated by our ability to observe our thought - In [[depression]] [[Default Mode Network (DMN)]] becomes hyperactive - you get stuck thinking about yourself - [[mind]] pushes away external stimuli - if we can turn off the [[Default Mode Network (DMN)]] we can get rid of [[depression]] - [[Ketamine]] causes us to [[dissociation]] from ourselves - [[Ketamine]] shuts of our [[Default Mode Network (DMN)]] within hours - when the [[Ketamine]] wears off it gets turned off again - [[meditation]] also shuts down the [[Default Mode Network (DMN)]] - [[Vairagya]] is [[emotional detachment]] and similar to shutting off the [[Default Mode Network (DMN)]] - people can again [[happiness]] this way because they can take a step back and realize the scale of their problems - [[Buddhism is the study of happiness through detachment]] - [[Congruent Depression]] defined by [[Dr. K]] - "i've been depressed since I was a teenager" - their [[brain]] isn't malfunctioning, they are just stuck in life - [[brain]] is just recognizing what is real - path out is through [[realization]], [[conversion]], [[Jnana]] of our [[human experience]] - two weeks to a year where a person's state is [[depression]] - [[Humans are a product of evolution]] - There must be a reason that the ability to become depressed for a period of time must have been selected - what is the [[Evolutionary Psychology]] of have a period of limbo - [[depression]] is you [[mind]] [[body]] [[soul]]'s way of telling you something is missing in your life - How do we find the thing - We may have over-medicalized [[depression]] - [[society]] has become more depressed because of [[existential dread]] next:: [[notes_Clinical vs Non-clinical depression]] next:: [[notes_Clinical vs Non-clinical depression]] next:: [[notes_Intro to Ayurveda]] next:: [[notes_Diagnosing depression]]