"fear"

Apr. 8th, 2018 09:27 am
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(Yes, I'm deliberately talking about this in a metaphor because I don't want to get distracted by context.)

I don't like cold showers. It's painful to stand under a blast of cold water and it keeps on being painful even after the water stops. It's sufficiently painful that I find it mentally difficult to move enough to wash or rinse. I see no upside to subjecting myself to an ice-cold shower. When that's the only option I will go to great lengths (sponge-bath, say) to avoid it.

Is it at all useful to talk about being "afraid" of cold showers? I'm reluctant to describe it that way even though it's probably accurate. I think that's because we talk of fears in terms of things that one "ought" to face down, as opposed to reasonable responses?
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