Where your attention goes is what you focus on, what you develop and grow. If you believe that the world is as bad as you think it is AND that they are coming to get you, then yes, they are. It's that kind of drop by drop self-inflicted water torture that will surely be your demise.
You can choose what you believe and it will change your life. If you want life to be a little easier, a little sunnier, a lot less scary, then direct your attention the positive of life and stay away from what brings you down. Maybe that means limiting your flow of news. Maybe it means intentionally making a date to be with people who lift your spirits and not suck the life out of you. Maybe it means seeking to understand another's point of view. Whatever helps you to be less terrified is good.
The world will be the biggest, baddest, scariest place if you let your imagination go there.
The reverse is also true. When we stare down our fears, we realize that we spend a helluva lot of time worrying about things that will never happen. It takes a tremendous amount of energy trying to plan a response to all possibilities and to maintain that line of defense against any number of monsters under the bed. Living all jacked up on fear is no way to live, really.
On behalf of the human race...just chill a little, ok?
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