Posted by Cecilia on October 25, 2009, at 18:10:00
In reply to Why antidepressants don't work for so many, posted by jrbecker76 on October 25, 2009, at 9:44:54
I don't get it. How do you even know if a rat is depressed? They certainly don't get depressed the way people do. They may have a few of the same physical symptoms that some humans get, but the worst symptoms, the feelings, the self hate and shame and hopelessness and despair and constant terrifying panic and loneliness and guilt-doubt rats get any of these, animals live in the moment, not in the past which equals depression or the future which equals anxiety. I suppose it's possible they do get some of these feelings but how would the researchers know. Cecilia
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