Not all survival stories lead to caution

Not all survival stories lead to caution

Not all who survive near-death experiences are cautious; some throw caution to the wind, even as it rises. In one case, a pair of twins includes someone who, after surviving a life-threatening illness as a child, now cheats death on a motorcycle. The line between facing fears and flaunting mortality can get very fine, very fast — and the word for that pull is “counterphobia.”

Gobble's Take: Survival doesn’t always make you careful; sometimes it makes you reckless with a new script.
Source: Perplexity Search

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