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		Florin_Andrei on March 1, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Long Term Depression Permanently Changes the Brain The plasticity of the brain is tremendous. I would not be surprised if it turns out that long-term meditation and other techniques not only reverse damage from depression completely, but eventually leave their own signature changes (which are beneficial) on the brain's structure.

conjectures on March 1, 2018 [–]

Oh they do leave a trace. Plenty of neuroimaging papers I've not read are on long term meditators. There's a good Sam Harris ep. on this topic.

https://samharris.org/podcasts/111-science-meditation/

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