Today’s episode is about mental health, low mood, chronic anxiety, executive dysfunction, and a slightly alarming-looking headset that may or may not be about to change my life.

I’m trying the Flow Neuroscience headset — a non-invasive medical device that uses tDCS (transcranial Direct Current Stimulation) to stimulate the part of the brain linked to depression.

In simpler terms:

I am, apparently, going to start plugging my forehead into a charger.

And honestly? At this point I’m open to it.

In this episode I talk about:

• My long history of low mood, dread, anxiety, and general internal gloom
• Everything I’ve already tried:
• CBT
• EMDR
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
• medication
• exercise
• water
• sleep
• trying really hard not to lose the plot
• What the Flow headset actually is
• How it’s meant to work
• Why the NHS uses it
• The statistics that made me willing to strap an electrical device to my head
• Whether this is cutting-edge science or a sign that modern life has gone badly wrong
• Why our ancestors may have had lives that were more naturally protective of mental health than ours are now

A new Ask Guru & Granny segment on beauty, Botox, fillers, lipstick, tailored clothing, and why my mother believes a teaspoon of botulism could kill the human race.

So, as usual, it’s a mixed bag.

I’m starting the headset experiment now.

On Friday I’ll report back on:

• what it feels like
• whether it hurts
• what the app is like
• and whether I feel even slightly less like I’m permanently treading emotional water

The bigger results, apparently, take a few weeks — so this is just the beginning

If you want me and Old Ma to attempt to solve your problems, send them over.

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• @rosehoneymorgan
• @field.notes.pod

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https://rosehoneymorgan.substack.com/freetrial

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