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May 30, 2013, 11:12 PM
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Member Since: Jun 2012
Location: Willits, California
Posts: 1,071
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Originally Posted by Rachel.i
Previously, I was out on a scientific limb in arguing that the “skills of depression” — the habits that make it so hard for us to recover — are essentially neural pathways that can be replaced by more effective ways of living. Now the new neuroscience has confirmed that is indeed what happens in the brain; old pathways wither when we stop our habits, to be replaced by new connections that are learned through changes in our behavior. We can change our own brains through focused attention and practice.
(Above copied from his book "Undoing Depression")
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Thanks Rachel  So interesting.
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