Comments by "Classical LP Vault" (@classicallpvault8251) on "Psychiatrist reacts to: "I have too much self-awareness"" video.

  1. Taking part in communal religious worship would have gotten you out of the depression too. Because on the neurological level spiritual experiences from communal worship affects the serotonergic system in a similar way. But apart from decreasing depression just via brain chemistry they also offer meaningful social interactions and community-building. You do not get that from the machine elves you encounter on a DMT trip or the related hallucinations from psilocybin (a substance related to DMT).
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  2. The opposite is actually true, intelligence actually correlates positively with mental stability, so low neuroticism, the statistical correlation between neuroticism and intelligence is -.09. Furthermore, being intelligent actually helps people to cope better with their personality quirks including being neurotic. Also note that the mentally ill, on average, have lower IQ than the general population. The average IQ of schizophrenics is noticeably lower than the national average.
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  3. Depression and anxiety aren't diseases. They're symptoms caused by various underlying factors, which themselves might or might not fit the definition of an illness. Depression as a result of traumatic loss of a loved one can occur in perfectly healthy individuals. Anxiety as a result of chronic and unnatural stress, entirely due to external factors: same thing. Both can also be caused by nutrient deficiencies which can be caused by an unhealthy diet, but also by problems with the gut biome - which, despite our gut being inside of us, actually is considered 'external' in biological terms. We live in a society that is sick, and living in it creates an evolutionary mismatch between human nature and the world around us. We evolved to live surrounded by extended family, being self-sufficient, and dealing with acute stress. We did not evolve to deal with the crap that we have to deal with on a daily basis due to the way our society bombards us with unhealthy stimuli all the time, and because we have been taught to eat crap, make psychologically unhealthy lifestyle choices like remaining unmarried and childless, etc. We should all be living like Mormons. Embrace family values. Refuse to take stimulants. Eat wholesome food. Engage in communal prayer (which is just a collective form of meditation and has beneficial effects on the serotonergic system). Get married at a hyoung age and regard the nuptial vows as a sacred oath rather than a civil contract. Share the effort of raising children between family members instead of dumping them in some daycare centre, etc.
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