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Maybe, but they might've had PTSD after witnessing a member of their tribe getting eaten alive by a carnivorous animal, stomped to death by a mammoth, or dying from hypothermia!
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No, they just had to deal with the recurring nightmare of pre-industrial, pre-medicinal, pre-agricultural life. >

Ruminations of not having enough wooly mammoth roasts and Sabre tooth tiger steaks for the family >

They had to deal with the recurring nightmare of showing up to high school clothed. >

They did have the recurring nightmare of waking up already half-eaten by predators, though >

I’m sure they had similar nightmares, something else that would cause embarrassment. From my understanding our dreams is our subconscious preparing us for things to come. That’s why we experience dreams like losing our parents at the supermarket or showing up nude to school. Mentally preparing us for embarrassment/loss >

Or showing naked to anywhere since I'm sure being naked by that time is kind of....normal >

They had nightmares where they were wrapped in fabric and couldn’t be free >

They had to deal with recurring nightmares of waking up covered by the new bright and hot thing that the other cavemen discovered >

I had that nightmare, but I just said fuck it and laughed with everybody else. >

I somehow have never had that nightmare. >

They had a recurring fear of being eatin alive by some bear or wolf, I'd imagine. I'd argue that's way worse. I'd also argue, some HS kid showing up to school naked might find it quite funny nowadays.