Hi there,
I find it challenging to reconcile the intimate knowledge that crime is possible, since I've already experienced it and have the sensory memory of it, and the fact that it might not be the only possible interpretation of an event. I am hypervigilant, possibly to the point of paranoia sometimes, because I think that if there is even the smallest chance that the stimuli my brain is receiving is life threatening, I should react as if it was to be on the safe side. But ironically, doing so can itself endanger me.
I don't know how to change my thinking about this. How to assess coldly every possible interpretations of the situation instead of defaulting to the worse one and expecting pessimism to save my life.
I find it challenging to reconcile the intimate knowledge that crime is possible, since I've already experienced it and have the sensory memory of it, and the fact that it might not be the only possible interpretation of an event. I am hypervigilant, possibly to the point of paranoia sometimes, because I think that if there is even the smallest chance that the stimuli my brain is receiving is life threatening, I should react as if it was to be on the safe side. But ironically, doing so can itself endanger me.
I don't know how to change my thinking about this. How to assess coldly every possible interpretations of the situation instead of defaulting to the worse one and expecting pessimism to save my life.