Social Hierarchy, Depression and the Neurobiology of Emotion (post emotional abuse)

Can your social status give you depression?

You might have heard about a connection between depression and serotonin.

And a connection between serotonin and your position in a social hierarchy.

How does it really work? What is it that makes us and our neurochemistry happy?

(00:27) Narcissistic Abuse Victim Syndrome

(01:47) Depression/Trauma Causes Low Serotonin, Not the Other Way Around

(02:40) The Social Hierarchy and Serotonin Levels Connection

(03:59) Social Isolation as a Cause for Dropping in Hierarchy