This results from the vestigial fear of change wired into our reptilian brains, a term Dr Mehmet Yildiz likes to use.

Evolved humans, even those that have not experienced a spiritual awakening like mine, know this and learn to embrace uncertainty. I have written much about this, but it is easier for me to cite the work of Patrick Paul Garlinger than for me to dig through my own repertoire to find my relevant pieces.

Meaningful engagement is getting into a discussion with the piece, for the writer and the other readers to see, and enables one to broaden the base of who benefits from ones thoughts, and I generally have no issue citing my own stories… frankly it’s stupid, that some consider citing ones own work in a response to be bad form.

Excerpted from my story on meaningful engagement.