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[–] tuck182 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Barrier frustration is not the same as resource guarding. Think of it more like a reaction to anxiety from not being able to get to or interact with something of interest. Over time that anxiety gets displaced from the barrier to the object itself, and can also build up into an extreme short-circuited reaction.

But when the barrier is removed often the anxiety goes away and everything is fine.