I'll tell him your theory. At the time that he he asked, his Dad and I launched off into a discussion about how dogs seem to have nervous breakdowns, so why can't cavemen? But we also conceded that we weren't so sure that dogs really do have them since they can't talk. So yeah, I'll tell him.
I think cavemen might be more prone to having breakdowns. I think it was probably much harder to make some sense of the world at a time when human culture hadn't evolved into even rudimentary civilization. And yet they had the mental capacity, perhaps even the compulsion, to try to make sense of it.
That's a good theory. I think they did have nervous breakdowns in extreme cases. Such as abandonement, starvation, etc. However, I think maybe less so then people now and I think it is because they had the tribe mentality and the security that brought. Whereas now we really have to be more independent and I think that means more stress!
However, I've also been wondering when did mentall illness in the form of chemical imbalance show up in the scheme of things? Has it always been there? There is no answer to that, of course, but I've still been thinking about it.
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However, I've also been wondering when did mentall illness in the form of chemical imbalance show up in the scheme of things? Has it always been there? There is no answer to that, of course, but I've still been thinking about it.
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