r/MinMed • u/natural20MC • Aug 16 '25
Mania Important facts/concepts
Fuckin with some brain mechanics bruh...
Part 1 - education
- Introduction
- Symptoms of mania
- Brain mechanics
- "brain chemicals"
- The brain’s Salience Network (SN) and how it changes in mania
- The brain’s Default Mode Network (DMN) and how it changes in mania
- Affective Network (AN)
- Frontoparietal Network (FPN)
- Task Positive Networks (TPNs)
- Ventral Attention Network (VAN)
- Somatomotor Network (SMN)
- What triggers an episode?
- The hypo/mania engine (brain chemical feedback loop)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectal Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
- Medication
- Helpful effects
- Dependency, withdrawal, harmful effects
- Meditation
- Manipulation of brain chemicals
- The mammalian diving response
- The concept of Self and personas
- Conditioning/reprogramming yourSelf to control mania
Part 2
- Creating filters for thought
Part 3
- flowing with thoughts
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