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bluedragon · 07-13-2009, 03:25 PM

I guess why I find this situation so puzzling in that it is so easy to avoid the object of my fear without loosing anything. And nobody ever notices what I'm going through (when I'm with another person, I am never afraid). So I need a reason to risk so much by passing by a dog when I can just avoid it, but on the other hand, for most people, passing by a dog (or a pack of dogs) is as simple as passing by a tree.

It is the gravity of the risk on the one hand, and the extremely low probability of it happening on the other, that makes the situation so confusing, as well as the fact that I have no reason to risk this (except being able to decide on which street to walk on instead of always avoiding certain streets).

Besides, the risk of an attack, although extremely low, can become very high if dogs sense my fear.
So in other words, in order to be safe, I would need to have already overcome the fear, in which case I wouldn't be having any problems to begin with...

These are the things you could (probably) help me with, even if you haven't personally lived in a country with dangerous stray dogs.

07-13-2009, 03:25 PM	#24 (permalink)
bluedragon Family Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 1,370	I guess why I find this situation so puzzling in that it is so easy to avoid the object of my fear without loosing anything. And nobody ever notices what I'm going through (when I'm with another person, I am never afraid). So I need a reason to risk so much by passing by a dog when I can just avoid it, but on the other hand, for most people, passing by a dog (or a pack of dogs) is as simple as passing by a tree. It is the gravity of the risk on the one hand, and the extremely low probability of it happening on the other, that makes the situation so confusing, as well as the fact that I have no reason to risk this (except being able to decide on which street to walk on instead of always avoiding certain streets). Besides, the risk of an attack, although extremely low, can become very high if dogs sense my fear. So in other words, in order to be safe, I would need to have already overcome the fear, in which case I wouldn't be having any problems to begin with... These are the things you could (probably) help me with, even if you haven't personally lived in a country with dangerous stray dogs. Last edited by bluedragon; 07-13-2009 at 03:29 PM.