Modern Wisdom

#542 - Dr Randy Nesse - Evolutionary Psychiatry Can Explain Human Emotions

Oct 22, 2022

01:26:45

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Is There a Panic Attack?

02:19

If you feel bad it doesn’t mean that something is wrong

01:24

Using Natural Selection to Heal ADHD Predispositions

02:24

Natural Selection wasn’t made to make you happy

00:47

Introduction

4min

Natural Selection Isn't the Answer to Your Happiness Problem

2min

After a Gold Medal, What Do You Do Next?

2min

Are We All in Competition With Our Goals?

2min

The Difference Between Tiger Woods and Rory McElroy

2min

The Capacity for Low Mood Exists at All

3min

How Were Weird, or Did We Create Them?

3min

Psychiatry and Anxiety

2min

Is Anger Really a Useful Signal in a Relationship?

3min

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You Are Your Successes, They're Yours to Bear

3min

11.

The Hierarchy of Multiple Layers

2min

12.

What's the Cost of a Panic Attack?

4min

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Is There a Consistent Feedback Spirale for Anxiety?

2min

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Is There a Panic Attack?

4min

15.

The Paradox of Confidentiality

2min

16.

Is There a Smoking Gun That Uncovers My Secret?

3min

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The Capacity for Low Mood and Depression

4min

18.

The Origins of Altruism and Cooperation

4min

19.

The Bankers' Paradox

2min

20.

What Works in One Culture Does Not Work in Other Cultures

2min

21.

Adhd

2min

22.

Using Natural Selection to Heal ADHD Predispositions

5min

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Adhd

4min

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Why Do Women Have More Anxiety Than Men?

2min

25.

Do Men Have More Anxiety Than Women?

4min

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The Evolution of Eating Disorders

5min

27.

What's Going on With Schizophrenia and Bipolar?

5min

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Is There a Difference Between ADHD and Hunter-Gathering Mental Health?

2min

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Evolutionary Psychiatry - A Foundation for Everything

3min

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Evolutionary Psychiatry and Psychopathology - What's the Challenge?

3min

Randy Nesse is a physician, author and founder of the field of evolutionary medicine and evolutionary psychiatry.

Evolution created an odd creature in humans. We're able to fly to the moon and cure diseases. But we also get anxious in the supermarket or depressed if we have a bad week. Why would mother nature make us so fragile? If natural selection is powerful why are mental disorders so common?

Expect to learn why the capacity for low mood exists at all, how low mood and depression could be evolutionarily advantageous, what happens if someone has too little fear or anxiety, why bad feelings are useless but normal, how eating disorders could be an adaptive response to the local environment and much more...

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