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MilkyWayMasta 16 hours ago

"The mechanism of action of ketamine primarily involves modulation of mitochondrial metabolism as opposed to NMDA receptor antagonism"

More evidence for Chris Palmer's 'Metabolic Theory of Mental Disorders'

Muromec 16 hours ago | parent [-]

It kinda makes sense if you consider depression to be a mechanism to get into winter hibernation. It's just we can't hibernate and even if we could, somebody has to pay them bills.

port11 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

But are we built for hibernation? Or is the capacity for depression just a biological mistake for us?

leobg 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That was the funniest social critique I’ve heard in a long time.