kyrastodonAug 15, 2018
Muninn 🍃

Some people tend to get depressed because their brains are biologically tuned to be better at perceiving and focusing on negative information in the environment.

Living in a hostile environment is particularly bad for these people. Interestingly, there is some evidence that living in a supportive environment is particularly *good* for these people.

Many "risk" genes for mental illness may be more accurately described as genes which make people sensitive to the environment, for better or worse.

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Show threadtSattyAug 15, 2018
@muninn have you read any theory about Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs)? It's helped both me and my partner a great deal in managing our mental health.
Show threadHellionAug 15, 2018
@zatnosk
Very interesting. Do you have more info or sources that talk about this?
@muninn
Show threadtSattyAug 15, 2018

@hellion @muninn Incidentally, my girlfriend @nuhn just translated a blogpost of hers about it into english today; I haven't read it myself, but I trust her words are good.

https://cybernuhn.wixsite.com/amwriting/single-post/2018/08/15/Im-highly-sensitive---are-you

Show threadHellionAug 16, 2018
@zatnosk
Thank you!
@muninn @nuhn
Show threadDoc Edward Morbius ❌​Aug 15, 2018
@muninn Source?
Show threadMuninn 🍃Aug 25, 2018

@dredmorbius

In part, see Vulnerability genes or plasticity genes? J Belsky et al. Molecular Psychiatry. 2009 Aug; 14(8): 746–754. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2834322/

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Vulnerability genes or plasticity genes?

The classic diathesis–stress framework, which views some individuals as particularly vulnerable to adversity, informs virtually all psychiatric research on behavior–gene–environment (G × E) interaction. An alternative framework ...