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No doubt that it is our reality, Flint. That reality's effect on us is definitely on a sliding scale, however. No one is going to be strongly shocked by a carrot or head of lettuce, hanging from a constrictor's tight coils.
When it's a pet, it's a lot more affecting, of course. If it were your child, or spouse, the effect would be incredibly strong.
It's a natural reaction to help us remember "snake's coils are deadly", and stay safe.
Inferences of mental health based on the person's sensitivity to that stimuli, are unfounded. As you've shown, that sensitivity will change, depending on their exposure to it.
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