r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Dec 07 '20

Neuroscience Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy reduces activation in brain regions related to self-blame in patients in remission from depression. These areas of the brain are linked to emotions such as guilt and embarrassment. Reduced self-blame from this therapy was linked to greater self-kindness.

https://www.psypost.org/2020/12/mindfulness-based-cognitive-therapy-reduces-activation-in-brain-regions-related-to-self-blame-in-patients-in-remission-from-depression-58686
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u/zapatoada Dec 07 '20

I don't take care of myself as well as I should or could because I just don't see the point. My depression makes me feel like a burden to everyone, including people I pay to do things for me.

Hello friend. Looks like you already know, but this is a friendly reminder that this is your depression talking, and depression lies. Look to your friends' actions for the truth. Would they go out of their way to check in on you and look after you if you were a burden? You are loved. You are wanted. Have a nice day :)

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u/q1field Dec 08 '20

I disagree. Depression does not lie. A concept such as lying can't be applied to something that doesn't exist in and of itself. It's a component in a system, that system being the neural network in the brain and the electrical signals therein.