Sauna use can improve brain function, increase endorphins, and has an antidepressant effect.

“hypmic conditioning through SAA use also has important positive effects on the brain it increases the release and the storage of norepinephrine which is important for focus and attention it increases prolactin which helps your brain function faster through myelination which is Al important for repairing uh damaged nerve cells in addition increases bdnf which increases the growth of new brain cells it is important for learning in memory and also helps decrease depression and anxiety that's associated with early stressful events”

“in fact there was a friend of mine published a randomized control trial where he elevated people that had major depression elevated their core body temperature about one or two degrees and just one exposure to that had an antidepressant effect that lasted weeks compared to people that got the Sham control which by the way the people that got the Sham control thought they were actually getting the treatment so it was a nice placebo control”