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(also posted to alt.poly)

To what extent is having irrational fears a luxury?

Re: irrational fears

Date: 24 Oct 2002 05:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elisem.livejournal.com
Eggzackly.

Date: 26 Oct 2002 11:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] baratron.livejournal.com
Ah, then I have misunderstood the question, because I was thinking you meant "irrational fears" as in phobias. I have a whole bunch of them :) Some of them are basic primeval responses (such as arachnophobia - I don't have that one, but it makes evolutionary sense to me - many spiders are poisonous to humans, therefore it is useful to the human species as a whole if we try to avoid spiders), some of them are Pavlovian learned responses (some of which I should try to get rid of, as a learned response to an ex's behaviour may not be appropriate for a current partner), and some of them are just interesting ways in which I'm fucked up, which therapy may or may not resolve :) But I've clearly misunderstood your question. So, could you give more context, please?

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