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[–] Sharkwellington@lemmy.one 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think the thing is that "everyone" is wired to gather berries and run from predators and "mental illness" is our brain saying "I hate this, where did all the berries go?"

Like if you tried to make the family cat push buttons for 8 hours and it refused to do so you wouldn't say it had a mental disorder, you would say it has a brain evolved to fit a cat's needs. Why are people with brains evolved to fit a human's needs any different?

[–] BitsOfBeard@programming.dev 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I agree that the complicated and abstract lifestyle most of us lead factor into our well-being and mental state, but I think it is extremely reductionist to say all mental illness stems from this issue.

[–] Sharkwellington@lemmy.one 7 points 2 years ago

Heartily agree, I was needlessly hyperbolic there.