Genetic Explanation of Depression

I have clinical depression, that was diagnosed previous week. For now, they say my serotonin and dopamine level were extremely low for around a year by the moment. I’ve decided to make another research on genetic explanation of depression to find its biological reasons.

Kseniya Kovaleva
7 min readMar 26, 2022

“Why are you so sad? Don’t be sad, smile, look how great life is!”

people will tell you, and you will understand that you need to run away from them. Because these same people are completely unaware that life is cool just as much as dopamine and serotonin are present in your body. And with this, we are all very, you know, individually.

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Origins of Genetic Studies

Genetic studies in correlation with depression began to be discussed as early as 1978. And despite all the evidence that genetic predispositions like having the DRD4–7r allele paired with a bad environment and a toxic upbringing inevitably lead to clinical depression (most likely in the form of bipolar personality disorder), we still continue to think about that pills are only for the sick, and we are all healthy people, of course. After all…

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Kseniya Kovaleva
Kseniya Kovaleva

Written by Kseniya Kovaleva

✏️Journalist with 7 years of work experience.🌍CEO and author of UI/UX design boutique-TheRoom.📌VOGUE ex-intern. Writing for Marie Claire💥

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