Listed as one of the top wellness trends of 2023, sleep syncing consists in aligning your internal body clock with your everyday routine. In other words, redesigning your routine in a way that ensures you are sleeping and waking when you should be, rather than when you can. Follow these steps to start Sleep Syncing now.
Tag: Serotonin
Op-Ed: Making Playlists Every Month Boosted My Serotonin
Music has a powerful effect on our brains and has been shown to reduce anxiety and depression, stave off fatigue, improve your response to pain, and work out more effectively. That’s why you’ll see playlists tailored just for working out, meditation, or study. To put it simply – music gives your serotonin a little boost, and creating playlists makes it that much easier.
Depression Is Not Caused by Chemical Imbalance in the Brain
Upon analyzing 17 previous studies on the subject of depression, scientists have concluded that there might be no link between depression and lower levels of serotonin in the brain. The authors of the review also said that these findings could refute not only theories connecting depression to a chemical imbalance but also the effectiveness of prescribing antidepressants that target serotonin. Decades ago, the serotonin hypothesis proposed that depression and a chemical imbalance in the brain—including a deficiency of serotonin—could be closely related. Therefore, the most commonly prescribed antidepressants are those formulated to make serotonin more available in the brain by blocking its reabsorption into the neurons. These are the antidepressants known as serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
