What we call irrational fear is somewhat plausible because there is always some real danger involve with it. Like if you have a phobia of elevator there are people who die every year in an elevator, is just that it is a very small chance, so it is worth taking that risk.
If you had a past negative experience or a nightmare with an elevator, your body is going to anticipate that danger as a form of precaution. Which is a very important thing, because if you are wrong about it you are going to be dead. And that it is a very rational survival instinct.
I agree in some respects. Some caution can be a rational behaviour.
Some fears are rational, some are not. Becoming scared of balloons even though you have never had a bad experience with them, that is what I would call irrational fear.
Im not saying its wrong or that I am immune to irrational behaviours. Not one person on earth is immune to being irrational.
For someone who can think rationally, so not counting those with a mental health problems or children, but for a rational person, unfounded fear of balloons is irrational without some other connected situation i.e. a balloon near a flame or sharp object or someone whom they suspect might pop it etc.
Sure there is the possibility of danger in everything, but rational people realise that to have fear of everything just because there is a possibility for harm can cause problems from stress to health and even cause you to badly misjudge a situation and actually cause more harm than you would just staying calm.
Fear is a rational behaviour but that doesnt make it "never irrational". I just wouldnt say its "never irrational". Never say never, as the paradoxical saying goes :)
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