# Episode 123: Randy Nesse - The Frontier of Evolutionary Psychiatry

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Podcast: [Keep Talking](https://stenobird.com/podcast/keep-talking-1331245)
Published: 2024-10-04T09:00:30+00:00
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## Resource

Randy Nesse is a psychiatrist, a professor, and the author of "Good Reasons for Bad Feelings: Insights from the Frontier of Evolutionary Psychiatry." ------------ Book Dan to do an interview or a meeting ------------ Keep Talking Substack Spotify Apple Podcasts Social media and all episodes ------------ Support via Venmo Support on Substack Support on Patreon ------------ (00:00) Intro (00:40) Why low mood exists (04:23) Giving up goals can improve your mental health (06:48) When is it appropriate to give up goals? (11:50) "In what situations was this emotion useful across our evolutionary history?" (21:51) How Randy developed an evolutionary framework (28:25) Examples of working with depression from Randy's career (36:40) Freud, Jung, and mental illness (49:23) Exposure therapy (54:11) Quotes from "Good Reasons for Bad Feelings" (59:55) Partner choice and selfish genes

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