"Mental Health Experts Were Wrong!" - Scary Link Between Lifestyle & Mental Illness | Chris Palmer

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My psychiatrist told me that I needed antidepressants the way a diabetic needs insulin. I wised up and slowly tapered off my latest antidepressant over four years ago. I don't have depression. I believe that most mental or emotional illness is caused by normal responses to unusual or traumatic conditions.

Those who are watching this.. Kindly save this in your mind" an abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal" read it twice.. You are not a patient.. You are a human being.. I like this 😍😍😍

I saw a nutritionist in the mid 80’s for depression and Epstein Barr virus who told me to stay away from dairy , sugar and gluten products .. revolutionary .. turns out he was also a psychiatrist who realized that nutrition played a BIG role in helping his patients reduce or eliminate depression and anxiety and fatigue .. interesting ! I see it working in myself 🙏

The primary reason for widespread unhappiness is our mismatch with modern life. Spending long hours confined in offices, staring at screens, and pretending to like our bosses is unnatural. Being subject to the control of wealthy individuals dictating what we can do with our bodies adds to the disconnect. Our diets, filled with sugary and unhealthy foods, diverge from what our bodies need. While medicine and vaccines have improved, our basic instincts struggle to adapt to this modern lifestyle, leaving many feeling purposeless. We've essentially become small parts in a big, impersonal machine, leading to a sense of dissatisfaction.

Dr. Palmer saved my life. I suffer from bipolar disorder and I don't react to meds. After watching him in the Huberman Lab I started the Keto diet and it changed my life. I can't be more thankful ❤

i've been vegan for more than 20 years with lots of mental issues ... i eat mostly meat beef now and all those problems that doctors and medication could not fix just went away .

The problem is that the medical system doesn't really want to know what causes mental illness (that might be true somewhat) but how they can PROFIT off of the solution first. Because lifestyle changes doesn't put money in big pharma's pocket.

I knew about the ketogenic diet for epilepsy and told my Ecuadorian neighbours about it. This was around ten years ago. Their daughter was seriously learning disabled and would have epileptic episodes around two or three times a week which required days of hospitalisation. Within days she improved and some months would go by with no hospitalisations and even no epileptic episodes. A couple of years later a specialist consultant told my neighbour ketogenic diet trial for epilepsy. My neighbour was able to tell the consultant in her very limited and broken English that the reason that her daughter's epilepsy had improved so much was this diet which they had been doing with no official medical help or medications.

You nailed it!When I quit sugar and carbohydrates a few years ago, I was well on my way to early dementia. My old hypoglycemic self would panic if I was 20 minutes late to eat a plate of comfort food, only to be hungry 20 minutes post meal.Now I can skip meals without anxiety, my memory has massively improved!

Brain, gut and body. It’s all connected. I’m glad psychologist and psychiatrists are finally making the connection!

I've more or less resolved my anxiety and depression, at least 90%, by first improving diet and lifestyle, which supported me to address traumas from my early life, which has reinforced the diet and lifestyle changes. Discovering nutritional psychiatry was a game changer.

Psychiatric drugs themselves can cause or worsen mental health problems.

wow...in some cultures, after a passing of a loved one, the family go on a fast. Interesting perspective of overcoming trauma.

Imagine if my insurance company rewarded me for being a healthy 70 year old because I don’t tap the system in any way. I take no meds and rarely see a typical doctor because I know they are completely uninformed about metabolic health. I want my money back!!

I am shocked by the term "brain disorder". When you've been EMOTIONALLY devastated by a profound tragedy, especially of the magnitude which you're used in your example, 6 months is a drop in the bucket. I've been widowed for 34 years and I still feel the loss on my anniversary. Many people who are widowed, especially when its a violent death and/or more than one death, some spouses end up living on the streets because they can't handle the pain.

I just love how this doctor is talking... his manner of speaking. Makes me feel relaxed.

I find it very encouraging that a traditionally trained mental health worker, like Dr. Palmer is coming to the conclusion that there might be a complete system in the body that we have to deal with and balance in order to make symptoms disappear… It was this lack of understanding in our western medical systems that drew me into studying and practicing Ayurveda and TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine).

I’m so grateful that you’re guest today is able to be constructively critical of the mental health treatments, and be openly honest about not having all the answers. So many times I see professionals in their field being arrogant and defensive instead of trying to approach the situation with humility. This was refreshing. Thank you

Thank you so much for this! My stepfather, a respected surgeon, suffered from a stroke and lost in that moment a career he loved and had spent a lifetime to build. Within two weeks of being hospitalized for that stroke, he was given antidepressants. These drugs numbed him and, I'm convinced, stalled his recovery. He should've been allowed to grieve such an important loss. Instead, he was given one sort of drug after another, none of them fixing his very normal depression, each of them sinking him further into helplessness. He lost any interest in working to recover. I could give you several more stories like this just from among my family and friends. Please, keep spreading the word.