Thanks for the input. It's another useful model for understanding the way the ego functions in this particular context.
The expected negative emotional outcome in the short term is perceived as real as long as one remains within the boundaries set by the ego.
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As you correctly pointed out, the outcome of any experience is fundamentally unknown, and this is crucial to understand in this context.
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The ego is afraid of being invalidated by the outcome of that experience; it is afraid of being proven wrong.
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The more one relies on a static representation of self/reality as a crutch, the more they are afraid of that safety being swept away.
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