by Dr Teralyn | Sep 6, 2026 | Health and Wellness, Question of the week, Sleep
Eight hours of sleep has become one of those health rules that can feel less like guidance and more like a nightly grade. You got seven hours and 12 minutes? Not ideal. Six and a half? Brace yourself. Nine? Are you somehow sleeping too much? I wondered when, exactly,...
by Dr Teralyn | Aug 31, 2026 | BRAIN HEALTH, chemical imbalance theory, Health and Wellness, In the News, Medicine
By Dr. Teralyn Sell, PhD Clinically Reviewed by Dr. Teralyn Sell, PhD There is a question I cannot seem to stop asking. If nearly everyone agrees that sleep matters, nutrition matters, movement matters, chronic stress matters, relationships matter, physical health...
by Dr Teralyn | Aug 24, 2026 | BRAIN HEALTH, Health and Wellness, Medicine, Mental Health & Anxiety
By Dr. Teralyn Sell, PhD Clinically Reviewed by Dr. Teralyn Sell, PhD Few beliefs in modern psychiatry carry more emotional weight than the idea that psychiatric medication is necessary to keep people safe from suicide. It is a powerful message. It is repeated in...
by Dr Teralyn | Jun 28, 2026 | BRAIN HEALTH, chemical imbalance theory, deprescribing medication, Health and Wellness, In the News, In the News, medication tapering, medication titration, Medicine, Research
Medically Reviewed by Dr. Teralyn Sell, PhD One of the most important unanswered questions in mental health today is why psychiatric medication withdrawal appears to affect people so differently. While some individuals discontinue medications with relatively few...
by Dr Teralyn | Apr 6, 2026 | antidepressants, Anxiety & Depression, Behavior, Being Human, BRAIN HEALTH, chemical imbalance theory, Health and Wellness
Traditional therapy often focuses on thoughts, feelings, and behavior. These things matter. But when therapy ignores brain health, it misses a major part of the problem. You cannot talk your way out of a brain that is exhausted, inflamed, under-fueled, or chemically...
by Dr Teralyn | Mar 17, 2026 | antidepressants, Being Human, Body, BRAIN HEALTH, chemical imbalance theory, deprescribing medication, Health and Wellness, medication tapering, medication titration
Both the addiction community and the mental health community rely on the same core idea: that some people are born with a broken brain. This belief is often called the broken brain theory or chemical imbalance theory. It suggests that people develop addiction,...
