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There is the theory that a substantive percentage of people have dangerous prenatal experiences with their umbilical chord, as the source of their fear of snake
by 47282847 10mo ago
There is the theory that a substantive percentage of people have dangerous prenatal experiences with their umbilical chord, as the source of their fear of snakes, and that it can be resolved later in life with regressive therapy. See e.g. ”Womb Surround” by Ray Castellino.
- pavel_lishin 10mo agoWouldn't those people also be afraid of ropes, cables, etc?
- 47282847 10mo agoI think the idea is that an umbilical cord is experienced as “alive” whereas ropes are just “dead items”, something that in early years may trigger the original fear responses but gets integrated more easily.