#Genetics and mental health

[artisticdivasworld]

The Science Behind Mental Health and Mental Health Treatments

Mental health is a complex subject that involves our emotions, behaviors, and thought processes. Scientists have made great progress in understanding how the brain works and develops insights into mental health issues and treatments. Here is an overview of some of the key scientific findings: The Brain’s Role The brain is the control center for our thoughts, emotions and behaviors. Mental…

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#Biological factors in mental health #Brain chemistry and mood #Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) #Coping mechanisms for stress #Evidence-based therapies #Genetics and mental health #Hormones and stress #Mental health awareness #Mental health research #mental health treatment #Mindfulness meditation benefits #Neurotransmitters and emotions #Psychological factors in therapy #Reducing mental health stigma #Science of mental health #Social connections and well-being #Social support and mental health #Socioeconomic status and mental health #Trauma-informed care

[neurodivergentbraingoblins]

I was recently diagnosed with an incredibly rare neurodevelopmental disorder caused by a genetic mutation on the PPP2R1A gene. The disorder is so rare it doesn't have a fancy name yet 😅 the worst symptoms of my disorder is the mental illnesses I deal with. Add onto that childhood abuse targeted at me because of my undiagnosed issues and I got the shit storm of mental health.

I have been diagnosed with C-PTSD, ADHD, OCD, PMDD (premenstrual dysphoric disorder), Borderline Personality Disorder, Excoriation Disorder (severe skin picking), and Sensory Processing Disorder. Informally diagnosed as Autistic.

My entire life, I just thought I was a broken human being. Turns out I just have a genetic disorder that literally causes me to lose my mind 🤣 I always knew that mental illnesses liked to come in groups, but I got hit with the one-two punch that has left me unable to function on my own

#actually ocd #obsessive compulsive disorder #adhd #actually adhd #premenstrual dysphoric disorder #pmdd #genetics #complex ptsd #ptsd #actually ptsd #borderline personality disorder #sensory processing disorder #sensory issues #actually autistic #autistic adult #mental heath awareness #mental health #genetic disorders #neurodevelopmental disorder #rare disorder #skin picking

[ruthlesslistener]

i fucking hate biomedicalizing anything about being trans because as much as i love understanding the world through a biological science perspective, the last thing that anyone needs is for there to be this quantifiable measurement on 'transness' out there for transphobes to get a hold of but at the same time. sometimes i look at myself- at how fucking sick i got when i was on estrogen and all the physical health problems i had before i went on testosterone and how they all seemed to have magically dissapeared as soon as i got on t- and i can't help but wonder if there's some genuine physical disconnect going on there. like i was physically wired to have a specifically masculine hormone balance and not having it once i hit puberty is why i was so physically fucked up even before i realized i was trans

idk, physiology is a complex mess of things and sex is a multi-tiered system affecting all parts of the body and multiple organ systems so its likely different for everyone bc of that (not even getting into social dynamics) but. the fact that i havent felt crushing fatigue and muscle weakness and unexplained bouts of nausea/gi issues and random bouts of muscle aching or sudden weight gain despite varying my diet and havent had the irregular debilitatingly painful periods or periods that literally never stopped once they started ever since i went on t is something that i cant help but think about

#i mean my mental health has been fucking soaring recently too but thats to be expected from transitioning #what gets me is how im also experiencing an end to what was essentially an undiagnosed chronic condition #granted a good chunk of it is also hypothyroidism but like. i was on meds for that for almost a year before starting t #and i was still experiencing a lot of physical health issues along with it #though ig i shoudlnt be surprised bc my mom (who is cis and also a fucking amazing trans ally) also needs hormones #so perhaps its just genetic #or maybe i was born with female genitalia because of hormone imbalance in the woumb and that fucked me over #because GOD KNOWS that what i have inside me is broke as fuck

[violentviolette]

me every single time I enter this tag

#jack.speaks #aspd #i cannot stand the pervasive belief that simply experiencing symptoms makes u an authority on a subjecy #or means u arent just completely talking out of ur ass #like i hate to be the one to tell u this but mental health is an incredibly compex and complicated field of study #it takes a lot to understand whats happening and why and even when uve studied it for decades theres still shit that cant be explained #or is commonly misunderstood because societal understanding and culture are shifting #like ur not an expert in genetics simply because u have green eyes #thats not how mental health works #90% of the information stated as facts in this tag range from useless to so wrong it hurts #i am begging even a single one of u to do meaningful research before deciding having a mental disorder works the same as being gay #and since its ur ~lived experience~ it means u have even an incling of a fuck about whats going on #i promise u u dont

[sentimentalslut]

thinking of my mental illness as father-daughter bonding 😌

#guess who has ~bipolar disorder~ #mental health tw #mumbles #hot girls cant outrun their genetics forever

[youretoosweetforme]

I hate school. Which is very unfortunate, because school does actually have the potential to be fun. But alas

#i am literally dead #realizing that pretty much an entire year of high school will have been effectively wasted socially #because my brain and mental health genetics suck #it makes me mad #and really frustrated #antiopa

[moonchildjelly]

I was reading some things on ig and now I'm confused and curious

If u had twins and one of they is diagnosed with some neurodivergent thing that don't mean that both of them are neurodivergent?

I'm very confuse because I was reading parents of twins saying that they have just one neurodivergent kid.. And sure I'm not good in genetics but I can't understand how that is possible

I'm more curious because I have a big chance of having twins and I'm sure they will be neurodivergent like me... So I'm so confuse about everything I thought I know about twins

#mental health #late diagnosed autistic #adhd mood #autistic spectrum #autistic community #mental illness #adhd stuff #audhd #autism and genetics #genetic mutation #Twins #Genetic in twins #neurodivergent #neurodivergence

[randomreasonstolive]

Reason to Live #8021

 Not letting genetics dictate your happiness in life.  – Guest Submission

(Please don't add negative comments to these posts.)

#sad #help #hope #reason to live #depressed #depression #empty #alone #mental illness #anxiety #trauma #guest submission #mental health #genetics #life #choice #choices #happiness

[creature-from-unknown-orgins]

Zzzzzzz mimimimimi

#tired #no thoughts head empty #I wanna do stuff #but no brain power #*sighs* #they should let me make commas in the tags #I love commas #gn who ever sees this #may you have a lovely no wakey cold pillow nigjt #maybe you’ll see me later hehehhe #(I forgot to take my sleep meds but I’m hoping it’ll be fine) #for sure I won’t just wake up in the middle of the night right??? that’d be crazyyyyyy #also (ignoring that nobody will have gone this deep into my tags) I removed all of the nd stuff in my bio because I didn’t show signs when - #was little #I’m getting trauma therapy though #I’m curious how much of my brain rn is trauma and how much is actually me/ my genetics /gen #very interesting #I’m hoping it will make all of/most of my mental health problems go away #but that would probably be too good to be true #‘s kinda funny when you think about it #my body has been in fight/ flight mode aka traumatized for 6? years now? #man that’s a long time #wow #I didn’t realize it was that long #anyway #vent post #tag because it might’ve accidentally turned into one #good night :D #mimimimimim

[chuthulhu-reads]

[ID: Five panels from Trigun Maximum. The first shows Milly and Meryl looking up at something, startled. The second shows Wolfwood hovering around a corner, peering out from behind it. The third shows a closer up image of Wolfwood peering around the corner, a serious look on his face as he says, "Booze? Him? First thing in the mornin'? Ya gotta be kiddin'..." The fourth panel shows Vash crouching on the ground, a really awkward face smile on his face as he looks down on his coat, which has been splashed with whisky from a broken bottle. He's sort of laughing, the speech bubbles saying "Ha... heh heh..." but he doesn't really look happy. The fifth panel is a close-up of Vash's face as he slurps some of the spilled whisky off of his glove. Despite being close up, his face is so heavily shaded that it's almost impossible to make anything out. His left eye is sort of visible, closed and curved as if he might be smiling, but that's really not the vibe. End ID.]

I know I yell a lot about Nightow ruining my health and happiness but Colourless Expression really is such an INTENSELY impactful character chapter about SUFFERING. These people drink a lot for fun (can't blame 'em, given where they live) but in the aftermath of remembering about July Vash is day drinking to cope--and his friends don't even know he's been drinking until now. FUCKING OUCH

#Trigun #alcoholism #btw I work in a rehab-adjacent service #and drinking alone isn't exactly a flag that you should seek help for alcoholism #but if you're drinking alone more often than you drink socially #or find yourself hiding your drinking from people who care about you #or even actively avoiding the company of others (including those you'd usually drink socially with) #in favour of drinking alone #plz reach out for help #the people who actually care about you don't want to be suffering alone #addiction does have genetic and chemical components but most of what our service provides is addressing the psychological addiction #finding the untreated mental health problem or physical pain or unaddressed trauma that a service user is self-medicating for #Though I don't know HOW we'd handle Vash's July trauma #I'm not one of the therapists but how do you even BEGIN with a guilt complex like that #You'd probably have to untangle his relationship with Knives first #And maybe some of Vash's own discomfort with/fear of his own nonhuman nature #I mean it hurts to see but can you blame the guy for drinking

[emily-prentits]

no sorry i just think it's hilarious how bailey and ellis are both blond. did derek's genes even fucking try lmaoooo

#even more interesting if you think about the fact that mental health is genetic. but i won't get into that now #grey's anatomy #thea talks

[neurodivergentbraingoblins]

Growing up I was told I was "unique", "one of a kind", "different", etc.

Then I learned that the traits I have are experienced by millions of people and have names! ADHD, Autism, OCD, seizures, hypotonia, dysautonomia, etc.

Then I was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder. I was so happy because it meant I finally found "my people" only to discover that I am nothing like all the other people with my genetic disease.

I went right back to being "one of a kind" and "rare within rare". I finally got answers just to discover that the labels we so desperately crave don't actually answer anything.

My advice to people - stop putting so much importance on labels. Labels don't mean anything. The symptoms you experience are what matter. Symptoms can overlap and be identical between different disorders that are nothing a like. But when we hold labels above symptoms we will always exclude people who truly experience the same things as us.

And yes, I'm aware that this may seem like it contradicts my statement that self diagnosing yourself with my genetic disorder is rude. However, it doesn't. A genetic disorder is a mutation of a very specific gene on a very specific chromosome that is specific to each individual person. Just like a heart defect is a very specific condition that only exists in people who don't have a healthy heart.

My genetic disorder doesn't have a label. It is too rare to have a label. So instead, we focus on the symptoms because the symptoms are the only thing that can be controlled.

#actually adhd #actually ocd #disabled #mental heath awareness #actually neurodiverse #disability #mental health #mental illness #physical disability #actualy autistic #autistic adult #adhd adult #physically disabled #disabilties #dysautonomia #genetic disorders #genetics #rare disorder #rare disease #rare #neurodivergent brain goblins #neurodevelopmental disorder #neurodivergent #neurodivergencies #neurodiversity #seizures #non epileptic seizures

[chiropterx]

Kirk doesn't always smell the freshest. His habit of getting caught up in his research (and resulting depression after getting divorced with Francine) absolutely took a toll on his mental health and the formula only makes things worse, making him sweat profusely due to raising his body temperature. Kirk can shower but he'll soon start developing a certain 'musky', even animalistic aroma that is only more prominent as Man-Bat.

#🦇 || musings #🦇 || headcanons #mental health tw #mental health cw #Just a thought that popped into mind before bed #Kirk's never had the easiest time since he's a bit neuroatypical and spacey but #Getting caught up in research is absolutely a thing #Hours and hours of pouring over chemicals and genetic data #Finetuning his precious formula to create that perfect cure #Francine helped keep him on track when he started getting forgetful #I wonder if eating a diet that's excessive in fruit contributes #Man-Bat definitely smells uh #Not the best hahaha #Sorry Chip is being gross tonight #Had a shower bc period and already want another #Start of a longass two months at work tomorrow first thing :q #Thank you for always being so patient with me lovelies #Going to try and be a little more active even if it's just a small per day #Must remake Roman's blog too #His is the most daunting

[snakeskinass]

I just got hit with the soul crushing reminder that I’ll never be normal.

I’ll never be mature enough, I’ll never remember enough, and I’ll always be this way.

#I know this sounds edgy #autism spectrum disorder #fragile x #fragile X syndrome #autism #actually autistic #genetic condition #mental problems #mental health #short term memory #chronically ill

[don-lichterman]

Genetics and environmental factors contribute to how socioeconomic status shapes the brain architecture

Genetics and environmental factors contribute to how socioeconomic status shapes the brain architecture

Your education, your job, your income, the neighborhood you live in: Together these factors are considered to represent socioeconomic status (SES) and contribute to a variety of health and social outcomes, from physical and mental health to educational achievement and cognitive capacities. The brain acts as an obvious mediator between SES and many of these outcomes. But the mechanism by which it…

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#anatomy #brain #education #Featured #Genes #Genetic #Genetics #imaging #mental health #Neuroscience #Nutrition #Psychology #research #Skin #UK Biobank

[seraphim-soulmate]

so how do I reconcile with just having big baby loser brain that decided I'd be mentally ill and perpetually stuck suffering instead of having just dealt with my shit in a more normal way? or is there some neuroscience that can explains that I don't have a cringefail brain but it's actually something else??

i mean. it's shame. shame I feel for struggling with things i consider i shouldn't struggle with, which i guess is kinda stupid bcs when i take a step back i realize it's understandable that im struggling with certain things ive lived through. being stuck in them doesn't entirely make sense, but I'm willing to accept that my past shaped me. not to mention that I'm also somehow kind of constantly going through really hard situations on top of also dealing with my past? but it also all (mental illness and emotional sensitivity, I mean) started with something, and my early childhood was my parents getting divorced.

but I consider that banal, plenty of parents get divorced and it doesn't mean their kid suffers from treatment-resistant depression and ptsd. I guess divorce is so normalized now that i don't consider it a valid thing to be traumatized over, at least not to the extent to which ive experienced symptoms. but I was separated from one parent, always missing one or the other, without any explanation that could make sense to a child's brain about why any of this happened and why i have to suffer because of it. can I get rid of the shame by validating the struggles I went through? would that make me feel better about having been disabled by my life experiences?

#personal #me #mental health #i don't mean this as an insult to other people who also struggle with the same shit i struggle with #its just rn im in quite an awful state and its a question that keeps replaying #but writing this out did make me realize how cruel it is to think this of myself ig #it doesnt make the thought any less extant though. #like is it that my brain and biology were structured this way? did i have a predisposition and then life events made me develop like thi #this* #its also possible its autism. but i don't know enough to know how to cope with that either. #from what I've gathered it means i actually have a genetic difference that made me more vulnerable to emotional difficulties? #i dont know what the point of finding out the answer to this is either. i guess to justify why its okay for me to be like this. #because so far it doesn't seem right. it doesnt make sense that i have this many mental issues. #maybe my expectations are unrealistic. #idk my psych at some point said i have these things in place so i wouldnt just fully lose my mind. #and i thought id gotten to a place where i didnt need dissociation as a coping tool anymore #but then more things that are super overwhelming keep happening in my life #and chronic pain plus sensory issues arent things that make you want to be present in your body either tbf