Analyzing The Social Navigation Hypothesis

Social Navigation Hypothesis suggests that conditions cataloged as "illness, or "disorder" were beneficial to our survival. This theory affirms that what we would categorize as mental illness benefits us by urging us to integrate for a higher rank in society. I would like to think this has no correlation with beauty, or weight as our ancestors did not have IG makeup tips in the past, nor did they care about dieting. However, it does indicate that our mental "illnesses" are actually the motivation for the strive to succeed. Depression makes us work vigorously for a job promotion, anxiety before a test makes us study forcefully while depression and anxiety for losing our rights bring about organized marches 
Forces you to learn from your mistakes.
People want to push themselves to be the best in relationships and careers. Depression about losing a partner convinces a person to look back on errors and fix them. The Social Navigation Hypothesis shows depression and anxiety provokes a person to experience ego loss and apologize to loved ones. Anxiety over losing a loved one to "someone better" may push someone to finally eat better (not necessarily lose weight), exercise more (again, not always to lose weight), push oneself in his or her career, and even want to learn about a new subject (knowledge is power). This is also true if you are depressed about losing your job to someone else you work powerfully and maybe even get promoted as a result of the work accomplished. Social Navigation Hypothesis tells people that accepting loss instead of trying to change that fact is beneficial. This is good as the outcome is convincing us of acceptance and growth as a person even if our emotions are negative. Forces you to recognize what is bothering you to push yourself for better Depression, anxiety happens for a reason. It occurs when we know we are not at our best potential. As our ancestors did, people want to be successful and powerful. Sometimes, people need to recognize what is bothering him or her and