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Tuesday, February 10, 2004But, here's the amazing thing. Her hospital room has to be the happiest room in the hospital. The walls are covered with pictures and photographs and large hand-made greeting cards from her family and friends. The centerpoint of the display was a large painting, on posterboard, of a smiling woman standing in a shower of hearts - painted by one of her co-workers. There was a whole lot of love on display in that room. And I wondered, if she hadn't gotten so sick with her broken heart, would all of that love have remained unspoken? Evolutionary anthropologist Helen Fisher would say this sort of depression serves an evolutionary purpose. It gave our ancestors clear signals that a depressed member of their clan or tribe or whatever needed help. I reviewed her book, Why We Love : The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love, over at Blogcritics. posted by Sydney on 2/10/2004 07:39:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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