The Symbolic Condom: Why Depression and Anxiety Create Stories, but ADHD doesn’t<br /> by [[Lastrevio]] on Aug, 2025 | Medium accessed on 2025-08-09T10:46:42

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• Each of these 4 problems
  • anxiety disorder
  • domestic violence
  • racial prejudice
  • obesity
• reflects the operation of psychological mechanisms
• that were designed through evolution
• to serve important adaptive functions, - but that nevertheless can produce harmful consequences.

• question
  • What do
    • anxiety disorders,
    • domestic violence,
    • racial prejudice, and
    • obesity
• all have in common?
• answer
  • maladaptive cognitive biases!

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