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Episode: Dr. Randy Nesse - Depression & the Art of Giving Up
Description: Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Understanding the evolutionary significance of depression can quite helpful in its conceptualization and treatment. Founder in the field of evolutionary medicine, Dr. Randy Nesse, joins us for an encore discussion in which we consider how striving, motivation and desire for control can play into the evolution of depressive symptoms. In this conversation we cover:  why failure to give up an unachievable goal may be a central cause of some forms of depression and why low mood might be advantageous in these situationshow understanding dynamics around food-foraging can give us in...