Change Your Brain Every Day Low Moods, Dark Thoughts? Why Your Brain Needs More Than a Pill
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Apr 28, 2025 Struggling with low moods? Discover how your brain functions affect your happiness. Dr. Daniel and Tana Amen unveil mood-stealing culprits that can sabotage mental well-being. Tana shares her journey through a cancer diagnosis and medication mishaps that led her into darkness. Learn about the surprising power of saffron as a natural antidepressant. Plus, explore the significance of nutrition, emotional support, and unconventional strategies like rage journaling for reclaiming your mental health.
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Tana Amen's Cancer Mood Struggle
- Tana Amen’s thyroid cancer treatment involved being off thyroid medication for eight weeks, causing severe depression and lack of energy.
- She experienced one of the darkest moods imaginable, feeling like she couldn’t climb out of her skin.
Mood Is Brain Function
- Mood is a brain function influenced by biological, psychological, social, and spiritual factors.
- Mood disorders arise when these brain functions are compromised, not merely from lack of willpower.
Wrong Medication Nearly Ruined Life
- Tana Amen's wrong prescription of Prozac almost ruined her life causing disinhibition and irrational behavior.
- When taken off Prozac, she felt more normal and realized it was the wrong medication for her brain.
