Here is the dangerous part: We no longer live in the savanna, but our fear circuits do not know that.
Nyctophobia is not actually a fear of darkness itself. Darkness has no substance. It is a fear of the information gap . In the light, you can see the lion. In the dark, the lion could be three feet away or three miles away; you have no data.
In an age of microchips, skyscrapers, and space travel, our bodies are still operating on software written 200,000 years ago. At the core of that software lies a small suite of ancient programs known as . These are not learned phobias (like a fear of flying or public speaking). They are innate, universal terrors hardwired into the human nervous system by evolution.
Here is the dangerous part: We no longer live in the savanna, but our fear circuits do not know that.
Nyctophobia is not actually a fear of darkness itself. Darkness has no substance. It is a fear of the information gap . In the light, you can see the lion. In the dark, the lion could be three feet away or three miles away; you have no data. primordial fears
In an age of microchips, skyscrapers, and space travel, our bodies are still operating on software written 200,000 years ago. At the core of that software lies a small suite of ancient programs known as . These are not learned phobias (like a fear of flying or public speaking). They are innate, universal terrors hardwired into the human nervous system by evolution. Here is the dangerous part: We no longer