Irrational Fear?

[Aes_Sidhe]

Humans are inherently prone to attach fear with snakes. It's actually been proven in psychology studies that it is harder to attach a fear to say a flower or elephant than a snake or spider. We have an instinctive bias to become scared of snakes easier than other things. I actually wrote a college paper about it recently. My girlfriend is finishing her doctorate in psychology and helped me build a strong arguement about our irrational fear of snakes. It is a very interesting topic. We spent several evening having some great discussions about it while I was shaping my paper up.

Regards,

B

Totally Agreed.. This is not a thing to be laugh at. Fears of Snakes or Spiders are one of the fear deeply encoded in Human mind from our past when this creatures was deeply misunderstand and most of them was deadly for a humans...

I totally Agree that some of our fears come from lack of knowledge and misunderstanding of source of fears.. but is not that simple at all. I'm arachnophobic... And even if is a fear mixed with fascination.. there are situation when I gonna be near panic... I can watch spiders behind the glass, or in natural environment taking Photos and all... but If I can choose be alone in room with roaming free rattlesnake or wolf spider... I CHOSE RATTLESNAKE!!!