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When treating mental illness with technology eliminates important emotional information

My friend got neural implants for depression and they work perfectly but she says she misses her sadness sometimes because it used to tell her important things about her life.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Technological solutions to suffering sometimes remove signals that guide us toward necessary life changes.

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