Some fascinating history for Fear and Anxiety week: a thread on how the ancient Mesopotamians regarded and treated anxiety conditions.
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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her)
I’ve spent most of my life steeped in anxiety, and one thing that made me feel less alone was knowing how unsurprisingly not new anxiety and related experiences are.
It’s in fragments, but this is one of many clay texts from ancient Mesopotamia that describes anxiety (possibly depression)
It’s in fragments, but this is one of many clay texts from ancient Mesopotamia that describes anxiety (possibly depression)
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