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Old Jan 09, 2011, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Perna View Post
My head knew that it wasn't any more likely that someone would break in when my husband was away than when he was home or on X night rather than Y, but the "experience" of what I was feeling was different from what I was thinking.
Indeed. Those chemicals or synaptic firings which may be left over from past experiences can seem to be present-day reality so closely that one does not know what is true or what is not. Not so easy just to "decide" to change.
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