People with depression may have key brain difference: « Neuroscientists have identified a brain network that is nearly two times larger in the brains of people with depression. »
https://www.newsweek.com/depression-risk-mental-health-neuroscience-brain-1948658
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« This region—which is thought to play a role in detecting and filtering out external stimuli—was nearly two times larger on average in participants with depression than those without. This difference appeared to be stable over time, regardless of mood and symptom fluctuations, and could be detected in children before the onset of depressive symptoms during adolescence. »
Reference: Lynch, C.J., Elbau, I.G., Ng, T. et al.Frontostriatal salience network expansion in individuals in depression. Nature 633, 624–633 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07805-2
My brilliance is driving my depression?