This seems to be just another form of denial of existential dread to me. Draped in the ever fashionable "I can reshape anything by wishing upon it" but to be ho

This seems to be just another form of denial of existential dread to me. Draped in the ever fashionable "I can reshape anything by wishing upon it" but to be honest, i rather be around someone who suffers through and faces his mortal fears, then somebody thinking around them with some barely disguised religious rituals. The later is much less likely to lash out, when his "protective" bubble against existentialist fear is penetrated. Its also indicative of a curious mindset, if you stare into your own emotional blindspot, to find out what you are made of. Of course, it can become a self-destructive behaviour, destroying ones ability to function, which suppressing the fear in the end is.