Past Lives

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Like have a phobia of water because they drowned in a past life, or a phobia of black boots and barbed wire because they were in a concentration camp.

Before I respond... it should be noted that I've only very limited data available. If you don't find them satisfactory, I recommend you take said child to a psychologist for as full an explanation as one is likely to ever get.

A phobia of water more likely comes from an early negative experience with water (of which there are many types of phobia to water... such as fears of large bodies of water, running water, drinking water, deep water, murky water, etc) as a child, perhaps so early that the child no longer remembers why (and yet a dissonance exists for the child where they suppose there must have been a reason for their fear of water), and so in attempt to understand why, they unknowingly invented a story which provides a 'good reason' as to why they have a phobia of water, especially if they see it as an irrational (but uncontrollable) fear.

Regarding a fear of black boots and barbed wire... the former is most likely an associated fear (as in they associate those boots (perhaps unknowingly) with a person who they've had intense negative experiences with). A parallel for this type of fear can be drawn in the conditioning of Pavlov's dog (who began to associate a bell's ringing with a positive experience (being fed)).

The barbed wire could be looked at under a number of different circumstances... is it a fear of barbed wire fences, sharp or pointed objects (ie: does it extend to things such as knives?), an associated fear, what indeed could that be? It's a highly unusual fear, and isn't something for which I know of any definite parallels (though they surely exist).


Moving on... i find it intriguing that you associate a fear of water with drowning (or nearly drowning)... and black boots and barbed wire with concentration camps (esp. when those would perhaps be the least of the fears one might acquire from such a place).

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Shineylight can you prove your positive assertion?

Although the assertion is unprovable... is there any reason to suppose that they do exist?