For years I've been hearing how just like if you have heart problems and you take meds for it, if you have depression you take meds and it will help cure it. However, this makes no sense to me! You can't replace a brain like you can replace a heart if there are issues with it. The brain is very different. If it is just a chemical imbalance then why doesn't medication alone work? Why don't meds work for everyone? Also, saying that feeling sad and depressed is because of a chemical imbalance is like saying all feelings are just about chemicals and you can make someone feel like any kind of mood by giving them certain chemicals! And how can it be that someone can be born without the possibility of being happy?! It all just has never made sense to me and no one has been able to adequately answer me. Can any of you help me understand this?
(I hope I made enough sense; I find it really hard to explain how I feel about this)