Extract–Brain Healing Breakthrough
“Mental health has two dimensions—absence of mental illness and presence of a well-adjusted personality that contributes effectively to the life of the community." - Abraham Verghese Every year about a quarter of the US adult population deals with diagnosable mental health problems. Too often we are told that mental illness is simply a hormonal imbalance, and we are just genetically predisposed toward a particular mental health problem. However, science is discovering that, while genetics plays a role in all this, we are not doomed by our genetics. The environment we live in and the choices we make can alter our genetic expression. Continually ruminating on past events is often a sign of depression. By living in the past, we often feel that we don’t connect with those in the present. We feel different or distant from all those around us. Anxiety, however, is when we are focusing on the future and trying to determine the outcome. Because our minds have limited i...