Regulate & Rewire: An Anxiety & Depression Podcast

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Depression, Weight Gain, and the Story We Tell Ourselves About It

Depression, Weight Gain, and the Story We Tell Ourselves About It13 oct34 min

Sparked by a real question from a member Q&A, this episode tackles something Amanda hears constantly: weight gain during a season of depression, and the shame that tends to follow it. She walks through why those behaviors, low energy, less movement, food as comfort, made complete sense given the context, and why "getting back to your old body" is the wrong goal to chase. She also pushes back on the trendy claim that regulating your nervous system alone will melt off the weight, offers a c...