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Yes, much of anxiety, depression, OCD, etc. is physiological and related to toxicities AND nutritional deficiencies. Gut health is a huge factor because an unhealthy microbiome produces brain-affecting toxins from Candida and many other "nasties", plus "leaky gut" that allows entry of those toxins and toxic bacterial particles that cause…
Yes, much of anxiety, depression, OCD, etc. is physiological and related to toxicities AND nutritional deficiencies. Gut health is a huge factor because an unhealthy microbiome produces brain-affecting toxins from Candida and many other "nasties", plus "leaky gut" that allows entry of those toxins and toxic bacterial particles that cause body-wide inflammation including in the brain, as well as only partially-digested food particles that trigger food allergies. (Brain allergies are also responsible for a large array of "behavioral" mental problems)
And brains need lots of nutrients that tend to be lacking in the modern diet, plus impaired guts can't absorb them well. Extra vitamins C and D, Omega 3's from fish oil, magnesium, zinc, chromium, selenium, iodine, and high-dose B-complex are especially important including the usable form of B 12, methylcobalamine. Plus get your "methylation status" checked: you may need other types of folate besides folic acid, and other adjustments for optimum metabolic functioning. It is almost all correctable— even severe "mental health" problems have strong metabolic bases. But allopathic (Western-medicine) doctors are almost universally "clueless" about nutrition.