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Hibernation

August 23, 2006 by void@lappy.pyxides.co.uk (not verified), 3 years 11 weeks ago
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Is hibernation not a natural response to an adverse environment ?
Could, what we call, depression not be a human version of what we call hibernation ?
After all the sypmtoms sound the same to me, loss of libido, excess sleep etc.
I think we, too often, forget we are animals

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