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May 2026

The Choice That Broke You: Gabor Maté on Why You Abandoned Your Authentic Self

Why You Feel Empty: Gabor Maté on the Hungry Ghost and the Void Inside

A Short History of the Psychedelics: Five Substances, One Story

The Biology and Psychology of Depression: What Sapolsky Explains About the Brain Under Siege

Autoimmune Disease, Trauma, and How Childhood Shapes the Body

Exhibitionism: The Compulsion to Be Seen and the Wound Underneath

Autism Spectrum Disorder: Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Gut Dysbiosis, and the Metabolic Overlap

Alcohol Use Disorder: GABA Dependence, Reward Hijacking, and Metabolic Recovery

Alzheimer's Disease: Brain Insulin Resistance and the Ketone Rescue

ADHD: Dopamine and the Fuel-Starved Prefrontal Cortex

PTSD: How Chronic Cortisol and Hippocampal Loss Keep the Trauma Alive

Specific Phobia: Fear Memory, Extinction Failure, and the Metabolic Prerequisites of Recovery

OCD: The Stuck Loop — CSTC Circuit Hyperactivation and How to Quiet It

Eating Disorders: Hypothalamic Reward Disruption and the Starvation Loop

Epilepsy: GABA/Glutamate Imbalance and the Ketogenic Diet as Standard of Care

Schizophrenia: Dopamine Excess, NMDA Hypofunction, and the Metabolic Pathway to Recovery

Bipolar Disorder: Mitochondrial Energy Instability as the Root of Mood Cycling

Anxiety Disorders: Amygdala Hyperactivation and the GABA Deficit

Depression: The Metabolic and Inflammatory Roots of Persistent Low Mood

When the Brain Breaks: Eight Stories of Mental Illness, Physiology, and Recovery

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