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I sometimes wonder how much of that culture is influenced by biology. In many other animals, it's a survival mechanism to feign you're doing fine even if you're injured or sick, because otherwise predators will target you and it's harder to find a mate.
I wonder if traces of that still linger and, due to our much more complex social structures and high intelligence, it's displayed culturally the way it is.