Posted by yxibow on May 29, 2006, at 18:25:54
In reply to Re: Psychobiology fear of being alone » heaven help me, posted by Declan on May 29, 2006, at 14:29:41
> Hi there
> Another way of putting that is that when you comfort someone else you comfort yourself.
> DeclanWell put... and its a biological instinct of sorts to be gregarious among most humans. The fear of being alone is linked to a very common fear of death. In the movie Donnie Darko (its a recent cult classic), he comes to terms with the idea that in the end, we are all alone. But that's the alone inside, there's the alone in general, the concrete alone that wants friendship and love and a significant other that transcends culture.
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