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> I don't know why mental illness like PTSD would in any way impact our ability to procreate as a species or at an individual level. One wonders if you could i
by patrec 7y ago
> I don't know why mental illness like PTSD would in any way impact our ability to procreate as a species or at an individual level.
One wonders if you could imagine anything that might in any way impact an individual's ability to procreate and have surviving offspring, if you don't see how significantly heightened suicide risk, being volatile and potentially dangerous to be around and restricted in normal functioning might in any way impact an individual's success in having surviving offspring.
- jplayer01 7y agoAt a population level, we're ridiculously resilient. Or we wouldn't be here today in the numbers that you see. I just don't see PTSD being maladaptive enough. Maybe if you were born with it and were so dysfunctional that you couldn't interact at all with the opposite sex? Otherwise, I don't see it. There are too many other factors that are important for procreation for PTSD to override all of them.