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2024-04-15 10:04:31

i'm interested in all psychology all neuroscience and this is i think the most interesting finding of the last decade in all of science and this is the insight that your muscles are basically an endocrine organ
that secrete hormones into your bloodstream
that affect every system of your body your muscles they secrete chemicals and proteins when you exercise that are also really good for your brain health and one of the first papers almost ten years ago and that was published explaining that when you contract your muscles they literally secrete these proteins into your bloodstream that make you resilient to stress and can protect you from depression the scientists call them hope molecules
this idea that
literally your muscles are manufacturing
like antidepressant molecules
and the only way to get them into your bloodstream where they can then travel to your brain
is you have to contract your muscles like that's it it's like a pharmacy in your muscles and anything you do that contracts them walking hiking running dancing weightlifting swimming anything
you are going to be dumping
hope molecules into your bloodstream
that when they get to your brain they work as an antidepressant and they also help people recover from trauma
like that
that's like a miracle
because of course is wonderful when
when medications work for you but for so many people medications don't work or they don't do the full job in terms of helping with mental health and the idea that your muscles could provide you with the the equivalent of something like an antidepressant medication that is i think it's phenomenal