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Depression Isn’t a Serotonin Problem — Dr. Henderson Explains Why
Description
What if everything we’ve been told about depression, PTSD, and brain disorders is incomplete?
In this episode of The Thought Atlas Podcast, we sit down with Theodore E. Henderson, physician, researcher, and founder of NeuroLuminance, to challenge the chemical imbalance theory and explore a different way of understanding brain health
We talk about:
- why depression may not be caused by low serotonin
- how the brain can recover and regenerate
- trauma, PTSD, and long COVID
- photobiomodulation and infrared light therapy
- mitochondria, neuroplasticity, and healing
- why this approach is facing resistance in medicine
This is a deep conversation about brain health, innovation, and the possibility that recovery may be more real than we’ve been led to believe.
Connect with him: https://neuro-luminance.com/
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Time Stamps
00:00 Intro — what if brain disorders are being misunderstood?
02:38 Why depression may not be a serotonin problem
04:26 The brain as a degenerative and reversible system
10:26 How infrared light entered the conversation
11:54 Trauma, PTSD, and how the brain changes
14:42 How light may influence mitochondria
18:48 Chronic fatigue, Epstein-Barr, and herpes-family viruses
21:33 The paradigm shift medicine is resisting
26:07 Why the treatment faces resistance
32:38 Final thoughts on photobiomodulation and hope