Also, I don’t believe in chemical imbalance. There is not a shred of evidence that any psychological disorder under the sun is caused by a chemical imbalance.
The evidence they usually cite is that people who are suffering from different psychological disorders will have more or less of different chemicals. This proves nothing.
They neglect to ask whether it is the chemical which is causing the disorder, or the disorder which is causing the chemical. The brain does everything through chemicals. When it wants you to be hungry, it releases chemicals. When it wants you to be angry, it releases chemicals. When it wants you to sleep, it releases chemicals. When it wants you to be sad, it releases chemicals.
So of course depressed people show different chemicals. Because that is how the brain tells the body to be depressed–by releasing chemicals. Why does the brain tell the body to be depressed? Because something is in your past or present which should make you depressed.
Just like when someone cuts you off, your brain releases chemicals which make you angry and make your heart pound. Does the guy cut you off because of the chemicals, or do the chemicals come because the guy cuts you off?