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Why Positive Thinking Cannot Fix Chemical Depression

Everyone keeps telling me to just think positive but my brain literally feels heavy and thinking takes so much effort

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Well-meaning advice collides with the biological reality of altered brain chemistry.

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