I had bad depression for a long time. I had an EEG with a doctor who had read THOUSANDS of EEGs. (He told me that I was a musician, and an engineer without knowing my background, just by looking at my waves). Anyway, he also told me that for a lot of people bad sleep is the root cause of their depression. He recommended getting lots of early morning sunlight (when there’s an overabundance of a particular hue of blue light). He said there are receptors in the eyes specifically to receive this light, and one received, it starts a countdown timer to sleep. If you do this, and listen to your body and sleep, your mood will improve. I did, it did, I stopped taking the SNRIs I was taking.
All that to say that the notion of better sleep to improve mood isn’t a crackpot theory. It really works. The use of melatonin over natural blue light is probably a “I can’t tell them to go outside, so this will have to work” reaction.
Thank you for sharing about the Dr and the EEG. He knew you were a left brain logical thinker by the abundance of Beta wave activity in the prefrontal cortex. This never develops in many people, and when it does develop, it is the last part of the brain to develop, usually between ages 18 and 25.
The musical ability is a bit harder to determine as it usually is reflected by a synchronization between Beta and Theta frequencies of consciousness. Music is both logical and emotional.
The action potential firing rate of the neurons in the brain are represented by the wave patterns in an EEG. Specifically, it is the firing rate of the pyramidal neurons.
Think of the firing rate of spark plugs in a car. As the engine runs faster or slower, the rate of spark plug firing changes accordingly. Different parts of the brain fire at different rates.
In the brain, Delta frequency is very slow, conception to age 2. Then Theta frequency from age 2 to 8. This is the developing emotional child brain frequency.
Then the Alpha begins about age 8 through age 14. This is a logical masculine frequency. It begins around third grade when the brain develops the ability to do multiplication and division. This frequency of consciousness helps a person develop a self identity and facilitates individuality. This age normally ranges from age 8 to 14-ish, but these are approximates. Each soul is different. Some people never go any higher than this.
Around age 14, the prefrontal cortex develops as brain frequencies get as high as 30 Hz in the Beta frequency. This Beta frequency provides high analytical abilities. It usually is not fully developed until age 25.
My research primarily deals with the gamma frequencies which are the frequency ranges of the mystics. (Above 40 Hz). Science didn’t even know they existed before 1964 when EEG equipment was updated. The old analog equipment could not read these high frequencies.
I’ve jammed FM receivers with high frequencies of consciousness in meditation. That’s in the mega Hz. I don’t think there is an upper limit.
Our perception of reality is a function of the frequency of consciousness from which we view it.
At higher frequencies, consciousness and the contents of the human soul (consciousness itself) becomes physical and directly observable.
Transcendence, a person’s ability to perceive directly with their consciousness beyond their physical body begins at 40 Hz. This is the lowest frequency of mystic abilities.
FYI... I know TMI!
Science will soon discover what I am saying. I learned it by seeking to understand my own perceptual changes after my NDE.
The EEG in the psych research lab at the university helped me the most. I then went on to study neuroscience to understand the physical attributes of the spiritually mystical soul.
I haven’t published any of this as my guidance in meditation at the higher frequencies instructs me that it was not time yet.. for over 30 years I got that message.
Recently that has changed and I am now preparing a book and public lecture for May. I teach the science of religion, without discounting either. Just by taking people to a higher level of understanding of both science and religion where the two merge together and support each other.