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Mata H — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:37:58 -0600

Thanks so much for your comment. As I said, this video and story have been haunting me.

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Thanks. I've added your blog to my Google Reader.

Catherine Morgan — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:08:12 -0600

:-)

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LucindaA — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:19:22 -0600

Really, really beautiful. Thank you.

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Denise — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:13:39 -0600

We have six kids. Nothing surprises us.

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No, YOU'RE sweet

butternugsquash — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:50:07 -0600

Aw, you're sweet! I don't know if you'd offer that if you knew my 4, but that's nice of you.

Thanks so much for commenting!

What a sweet video

Denise — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:04:55 -0600

Thanks for sharing it, and for writing this post. If you need a baby sitter, give me a call. I'm available! Adorable!

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Nordette You Got It

cluelesscrafter — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:00 -0600

Snarky responses are the only way to cope with the frightening results of this science. I'm considering this crazy talk.

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Hey, I'm all for this

Nordette — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:07:46 -0600

I'll take anything that implies I'm superior, and since I fight depression with regularity I'm all over this. O.K. Not really but kind of hoping this is one more sign pain has a divine purpose and the next time someone tells me I over-think and over-analyze, I'll just smile smugly and say, "That's because I'm more evolved than you, you happy person, you. Deal with it."

Postpartum depression, however, whole other animal.

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I think there needs to be

emcgillivray — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:31:34 -0600

I think there needs to be a distinction between being clinically depressed, which is harmful to your health and even your life, and being just depressed/blue. Okay, being depressed/sad/blue can make you more analytical; that's great and possibly an evolutionary adaptation. Being clinically depressed is an illness and is not a good thing and in no way helps the evolution of humankind.

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cluelesscrafter — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:24:32 -0600

There's quite a risk that these results will play down the importance of treating those with severe depression. I think this study should change the word "depression" to something like "melancholy" or "malaise," not something referring to a real medical problem.

Also, how do the drug companies react to this? Like hell they'd want us to kick off our crutches and shout "drugs are dead!"

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sigh bleh

wondergirl — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:07:53 -0600

Good response, Catherine. Surely no one conducting this research has suffered a severe depressive episode, because if they did this speculative evolutionary psychology theory would have not made it out of the starting gate. This is not the kind of study that should be out and available to the millions of people that are trying to get through depression. Dr. John Grohol's response on Psych Central is also great.

Unrealistic diet...like all the others

SpinDiva — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:37:24 -0600

So what happens when the individual returns to eating normal food...oh wait, I know, they gain it all back with a vengeance. I admit that most diets out there that promote a quick fix can sometimes be convincing on paper and when one is desperate to loose a few pounds, you know, to get you started on the weight loss wagon. But then it all come crashing down and the anxiety and stress from the let down of a promising product kicks in which makes everything worse. It's such a terrible cycle to be in...been there, done that and know better to never to do it again. Thanks for posting this, very important message.

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Argh

ozma — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:29:39 -0600

I hate that kind of speculative evolutionary psychology. BLEH. Such a stretch. We don't know why that gene was selected for. We don't even know if that gene's expression in depression is the thing being selected for.

Darn. I thought their research on religion and genes sounded interesting. On second thought, I realize that is hooey also.

The woman writing the Time article is even dumber. There is no necessary risk to an individual if they modify some evolutionary adaptation. We evolved to have hairy legs--should we not shave them? Why are people so dumb when it comes to evolution? Whereas we know depression can be risky. And even crippling.

Sorry. This type of evolutionary psychology infuriates me sometimes.

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