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Q: Big fan of your book but I have a question. I get that depression, anxiety, existential angst can be a developmental shift but what about chemical imbalances?

Aug 26, 2026
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A: Brains and bodies have chemistry. Of course chemical imbalances exist. But chemistry doesn’t explain meaning, and meaning is where your suffering lives. Chemistry can explain symptoms, but it can’t explain why this particular suffering is showing up at this particular point in dismantling.

We’re not denying biology here, but we’re not letting chemistr…

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