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Could mental "illnesses" have served a purpose evolutionarily?
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Mar 08, 2019, 02:21 AM
sarahsweets
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WOW! What an interesting article!
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misterdonut
Testing... let's see if I'm allowed to post a link now.
Pretty interesting article about evolutionary origins of mental disorders and a theory that it may have been helpful in our pre-urban eras of history. I think it's helpful to understand that it may have had a viable purpose, that we're not necessarily "broken".
Susceptibility to Mental Illness May Have Helped Humans Adapt over the Millennia - Scientific American
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