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Maybe this is a case of mixing cause and effect. It might not be you fearing the ghost but rather your fear creating it in the first place.

• SlowBro 9y ago
  Except the order is backwards. Stimulus then response. You’re going along just fine then bam a noise and you jump.
  • choeger 9y ago
    Not necessarily. First of all you might not be aware that you are not "fine" at all. On a subconscious level you might already be fearful. And then of course your perceptions might trick you. While you might certainly think that the noise you heard was the first thing you noted, there could have been several other inputs that set you up so that the particular noise sounded more suspicious or louder or unlikely...
    • SlowBro 9y ago
      No I'm saying the surprise comes from nowhere. Anyway, it's theoretical for me. I can't say I've ever seen any ghost, just been spooked by noises when I was otherwise perfectly happy. Question remains though: Why do many fear ghosts? There's really nothing frightening about them that I can see, and I don't believe fear of the unknown is the cause.