There is an overlooked subpopulation of folks who are risk-averse in novel situations, but "warm up" to extreme risk nonimpulsively
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These folks talk about their near-death/near-miss experiences differently than the merely impulsive
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It is harder to fit their narrative into a framework with a clear irrational point-of-no-return
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They often won't have been in a highly emotional/distressed/impulsive state at the time of the event
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The popular "safety" strategy of post-hoc dissociation with said state is therefore inapplicable, falling on deaf ears
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As far as they can tell, the person they are now is the same person who did the deed. It does not feel "extreme", even now
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