One of the interesting aspects of human neurophysiology is that our sensory organs and limbic system are intermediated by malleable neurons. This is not true of all organisms... Most animals have far more direct, mechanical neuron connections between their senses and their biological hormonal triggers for things like aggression or fear.
This fact is a two-sided coin. On the one side... Brilliant! We can change our minds! There is nothing, physically, preventing us from becoming our most fearless selves and adapting mentally to any circumstance the universe can throw at us.
... And by the same token, we can become physiologically terrified (a fear response with actual hormonal fight or flight triggers) over things like open spaces or empty chairs because an inconvenient coincidence in the past caused our brains to burn a path from sensory input to survival instinct that (once established) can be incredibly hard to reset.
The downside to a general purpose computer is you can crash it.
This fact is a two-sided coin. On the one side... Brilliant! We can change our minds! There is nothing, physically, preventing us from becoming our most fearless selves and adapting mentally to any circumstance the universe can throw at us.
... And by the same token, we can become physiologically terrified (a fear response with actual hormonal fight or flight triggers) over things like open spaces or empty chairs because an inconvenient coincidence in the past caused our brains to burn a path from sensory input to survival instinct that (once established) can be incredibly hard to reset.
The downside to a general purpose computer is you can crash it.