Doctor Mike

Have you seen some of that stuff?

Yeah, or about actually even more about the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex.

So basically, it's highly engaged in the process of depressive rumination.

And it's associated with high serotonin in high levels of serotonin.

And wait a minute, high levels of serotonin?

No, low dips in serotonin levels.

And so when you get more serotonin in the synapse, you're going to get less of this ruminative activity in this part of the brain.

And this is also associated with being in love and associated with creative output.

Interesting.

Which is why people who have the poetic temperament, they tend to be depressive, creative, and romantic.

Yeah.

Because it's all rumination because of really low serotonin levels.

And so when people take selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, there's more serotonin in the synapse.

They'll say, I'm ruminating less in sadness.

But they'll also often say, I feel less creative and I have a harder time falling in love.

I'm just talking about the ventral lateral prefrontal cortex.

Wait till we see the comment section.

No, that's completely legitimate.

So people will often ask, so I'm a traditionally religious person, which is kind of unusual for a behavioral scientist.

You know, they don't typically think of religion as a social construct.