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Removing all doubt: feeding/caring for our animal anxieties  
Re: We seem to be wired for that mistake. -- crossbowman Post Reply Top of the thread Forum
Posted by: DWA
12/25/2007, 06:11:34
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 Crosbowman:"That last is informative because the person involved may well admit the connection is bizarre and unlikely, but he will nonetheless experience increased anxiety when not indulging his belief, and he'll conversely experience increased calm and confidence when indulging it. "

There seems to be an opposing higher reasoning and an automatic animal element to this.

The animal "knows" that sometimes you forget to turn off the light inside the refrigerator.

I myself have been known to get out of the car and check the house door even though I yam *positive* that I just locked it. It's just not worth the subliminal anxiety to *not* do that, since it only takes a few seconds.

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