"Rational fear" is an emotion that is actually appropraite to the present circumstances. It is felt even by the bravest of individuals facing extreme danger; the most able sublimate it into fast tactical analysis and response, but the emotion is present, and it is not irrational when the danger is actual and present. FEar of possibilities, fear or reprating past trauma, and the undifferentiated anxiety of past fear stirred up, are not rational, but they are pretty common anyway.


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