I totally agree.

I'm currently learning about neurofeedback, and I'm beyond frustrated. It's incredibly difficult to find a good local provider, or to find good information on how (if?) I can do it myself.

The thing that drives me crazy is - there are decades of research behind it. There's a ton of evidence that the way your brain is functioning (in terms of firing patterns, the types of brainwaves you're making) can absolutely cause things like depression and anxiety (and OCD, and ADD, etc.). I don't understand why this isn't as well known and accessible as drugs. Treatment with neurofeedback is SO much less invasive with drugs, doesn't require being treated forever (as opposed to some anti-depressants and anti-anxiety meds, where the expectation seems to be that you'll be on them forever), much much less chance of negative side effects, and side effects usually last a couple days at most (you change the protocol, I believe, if there are negative reactions).

It just sounds... amazing. Literally.

And it seems like the wild west trying to find a provider. There are different camps/philosophies of how to approach training, some people don't want non-medical professionals to have access to the equipment/training, and everybody is defensive when I ask questions.

It's nuts. This could help SO MANY PEOPLE. Like, really help.

I don't know why it's not more well-known, and not FDA-accepted for treatments. It really, really upsets me... but I have to put that aside for now to figure out how to get my own treatment.

So, yeah. I totally agree with you. Brain stuff is important, and we don't pay enough attention to it. And all the therapy in the world (and/or medication) sometimes can't fix something that might be fairly easy to fix, if we look at it through the right lens.