re: #2 Romantic Heretic

Okay, finished.

Ms. Geller is an addict. The events on 9/11 gave her a huge hit of fear. She started taking regular hits of that fear because she loved the high it gave her. As it always does that fear turned into hate and anger, which give even richer highs.

Now her whole live is that of an addict; an endless chase after her next hit. And like all long term addicts her cognitive processes are severely damaged. The damage is most likely beyond repair now.

Yup.

She needs that obsession to displace her own weaknesses.