Thursday 28 May 2015

Is Ptsd Just An Evolutionary Outdated Adaptation Mechanism?


Hey Just a thought that came to me, and am curious what people think. Nowadays we think of PTSD as an mental injury or illness but could it be, that it once served the purpose of changing people into better surviving extremely harsh conditions? The hypervigilance, the increased startleresponse, the constant fight and flight, the anger and mistrust, light sleep, those could all be understood as the mind powering up the survival instincts. I sometimes feel like a cavemen surrounded by... Is Ptsd Just An Evolutionary Outdated Adaptation Mechanism?
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/is-ptsd-just-an-evolutionary-outdated-adaptation-mechanism.53792/

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