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submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I've read depression is also linked to chronic low level inflammation, and inflammation causes heat, I wonder if that's the reason?

Anecdotally I suffer with chronic depression and always seem warm.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Most likely, yes. Depression is also correlated with lower immune function, so I'd guess that's one of the ways it tries to compensate.