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298: Depression in the modern world vs. Stone Age

Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 01:01:37
Publish Date: 2023-01-12 04:30:00
Description: In today's episode, Dr. Lisle and Dr. Howk discuss the following question: 1. Given that depression is inherently demotivating (because it is failure feedback that tells you to stop what you're doing), how might one 'bootstrap' oneself into more positive, motivated mood states? I wonder what people in the Stone Age village would have done to bounce back from failure feedback; it makes most of us want to curl into a ball and die. How does depression actually end up benefiting and motivating us?
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